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The efficacy and loss of fertilizer N in lowland rice

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Nitrogen Economy of Flooded Rice Soils

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 26))

Abstract

Nitrogen fertilization is a key input in increasing rice production in East, South, and Southeast Asia. The introduction of high-yielding varieties has greatly increased the prospect of increasing yields, but this goal will not be reached without great increases in the use and efficiency of N on rice. Nitrogen enters a unique environment in flooded soils, in which losses of fertilizer N and mechanisms of losses vary greatly from those in upland situations. Whereas upland crops frequently use 40–60% of the applied N, flooded rice crops typically use only 20–40%. There is a great potential for increasing the efficiency of N uptake on this very responsive crop to help alleviate food deficits in the developing world.

This article reviews current use of N fertilizers (particularly urea) on rice, the problems associated with rice fertilization, and recent research results that aid under-standing of problems associated with N fertilization of rice and possible avenues to increase the efficiency of N use by rice.

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  1. Agro-Economic Division, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), P.O. Box 2040, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 35662, USA

    Paul L G Vlek & Bernard H Byrnes (Director, Agro-Economic Division and Research Associate)

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  1. Dept. of Agronomy, International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines

    S. K. De Datta (Head) (Head)

  2. Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, Lousiana, USA

    W. H. Patrick Jr. (Boyd Professor) (Boyd Professor)

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Vlek, P.L.G., Byrnes, B.H. (1986). The efficacy and loss of fertilizer N in lowland rice. In: De Datta, S.K., Patrick, W.H. (eds) Nitrogen Economy of Flooded Rice Soils. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4428-2_7

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