Residual Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth, Yield and Nutrient Uptake in Wheat under a Basmati Rice–Wheat Cropping System in North-Western India

Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Vivek Sharma, Arvind Kumar Shukla (), Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Vibha Verma, Manmeet Kaur, Sanjib Kumar Behera and Prabhjot Singh
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Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal: Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
Vivek Sharma: Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
Arvind Kumar Shukla: ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal 462038, India
Rajeev Kumar Gupta: Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
Vibha Verma: Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
Manmeet Kaur: Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
Sanjib Kumar Behera: ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal 462038, India
Prabhjot Singh: Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: Restoring soil fertility in farming systems is essential to sustain a crop and its productivity. Thus, the present study was conducted to assess the residual effects of the combined application of fertilizers and manures on yield, concentration and uptake of nutrients in wheat under basmati rice-wheat cropping system. The treatments applied in the present study involve T1: control, T2: farmyard manure (15 t ha −1 ), T3: poultry manure (6 t ha −1 ), T4: press mud (15 t ha −1 ), T5: rice straw compost (6 t ha −1 ), T6: farmyard manure (15 t ha −1 ) + 50% recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN), T7: poultry manure (6 t ha −1 ) + 50% RDN, T8: press mud (15 t ha −1 ) + 50% RDN, T9: rice straw compost (6 t ha −1 ) + 50% RDN, T10: 75% RDN, T11: farmyard manure (15 t ha 1 ) + 75% RDN, T12: poultry manure (6 t ha −1 ) + 75% RDN, T13: press mud (15 t ha −1 ) + 75% RDN, T14: rice straw compost (6 t ha −1 ) + 75% RDN, T15: 100% RDN. The residual effects of organic manures significantly improved the growth parameters and yield attributes. Among different residual treatments, the use of farmyard manure + 75% NPK showed maximum plant height (125.2 cm), number of tillers (68.0 m −1 ), chlorophyll content (45.0) and yield (50.84 q ha −1 for grain and 80.43 q ha −1 for straw, respectively). Additionally, the incorporation of farmyard manure + 75% RDN demonstrated the highest uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in grain (7.37, 3.31 and 4.93 g ha −1 , respectively) and straw (1.72, 1.05 and 12.63 g ha −1 , respectively). The maximum zinc, copper, iron and manganese concentrations were observed to be 32.0, 3.1, 52.1 and 17.6 mg kg −1 in grain and 8.2, 2.1, 374.6 and 20.5 mg kg −1 in straw, respectively. Similarly, the highest uptakes were observed to be 67.6, 15.5, 263.8 and 89.6 g ha −1 in grain and 173.3, 16.8, 3026.9 and 170.6 g ha −1 in straw, respectively. Thus, the integrated application of farmyard manure with 75% RDN could be used to sustain wheat productivity and maintain soil fertility which otherwise deteriorates due to the sole application of inorganic fertilizers.

Keywords: wheat; manures; organic and inorganic fertilizers; yield; uptake (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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