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Long-Term Impact of Fertilizers on Soil and Rice Productivity

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Indigenous soil nutrients play a vital role in profitable crop production, but its capacity diminishes based on nutrient management options over the years. We assessed the long-term effects of fertilization on rice (Oryza sativa L.) grain yield and soil fertility status under rice-fallow-rice pattern based on original and reviewed data. The management strategies were omission of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sulphur (S), and zinc (Zn) fertilizers and reversing treatments for the recuperation of soil fertility were used after 15 years of experimentation and continued for 9 years. Unfertilized plot regained its productive potential of rice after 9 years through the use of balanced NPKSZn fertilizers. However, the only use of chemical fertilizers was not enough for sustained rice production under studied conditions. Although recuperation of soil fertility can be done by adopting different management options, the use of recommended chemical fertilizer dose in severely depleted soils was inadequate for improving K, S, and Zn status of the soil. Rice grain yields significantly increased (31–45%) under organic amendments than only chemical fertilizer treatment. So, organic and inorganic fertilizer management could be a good option for increasing soil organic carbon balance along with the fulfillment of food demand. It is hypothesized that soil fertility and crop productivity change with addition of similar types of fertilizers for a long time that warrants dose corrections periodically for sustainable food production.

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Abbreviations

BRRI:

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

C:

Carbon

CD:

Cow dung

CH4:

Methane

CO2:

Carbon dioxide

Eq:

Equivalent

GHGs:

Greenhouse gases

GWP:

Global warming potential

ha:

Hectare

K:

Potassium

kg:

Kilograms

N:

Nitrogen

P:

Phosphorus

PM:

Poultry manure

ppm:

Part per million

S:

Sulphur

SOC:

Soil organic carbon

SOM:

Soil organic matter

Zn:

Zinc

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    Md Mozammel Haque & Jatish C. Biswas

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  1. Division of Crop Production, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulse Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Sandeep Kumar

  2. Department of Agronomy, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Ram Swaroop Meena

  3. Department of Farm Forestry, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India

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Haque, M.M., Biswas, J.C. (2020). Long-Term Impact of Fertilizers on Soil and Rice Productivity. In: Kumar, S., Meena, R.S., Jhariya, M.K. (eds) Resources Use Efficiency in Agriculture. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6953-1_8

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