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The Enhancement of Soil Fertility, Dry Matter Transport and Accumulation, Nitrogen Uptake and Yield in Rice via Green Manuring
Tianyuan Li1,#, Saif Ullah1,#, He Liang1, Izhar Ali1, Quan Zhao1, Anas Iqbal1, Shanqing Wei1, Tariq Shah2, Yuqiong Luo1, Ligeng Jiang1,*
1 Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Farming System, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
2 Department of Agronomy, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, 25130, Pakistan
# These authors contributed equally to this work.
* Corresponding Author: Ligeng Jiang. Email:
(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Plant Physiology for Crop Production and Sustainable Agriculture)
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2021, 90(1), 223-243. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.012065
Received 12 June 2020; Accepted 17 August 2020; Issue published 20 November 2020
Abstract
Readily available chemical fertilizers have resulted in a decline in the
use of organic manure (e.g., green manures), a traditionally sustainable source
of nutrients. Based on this, we applied urea at the rate of 270 kg ha
−1 with and
without green manure in order to assess nitrogen (N) productivity in a double rice
cropping system in 2017. In particular, treatment combinations were as follows:
winter fallow rice-rice (WF-R-R), milk vetch rice-rice (MV-R-R), oil-seed rape
rice-rice (R-R-R) and potato crop rice-rice (P-R-R). Results revealed that green
manure significantly (
p ≤ 0.05) improved the soil chemical properties and net soil
organic carbon content increased by an average 117.47%, total nitrogen (N) by
28.41%, available N by 26.64%, total phosphorus (P) by 37.77%, available P
by 20.48% and available potassium (K) by 33.10% than WF-R-R, however pH
was reduced by 3.30% across the seasons. Similarly, net dry matter accumulation
rate enhanced in green manure applied treatments and ranked in order: P-R-R >
R-R-R > MV-R-R > WF-R-R. Furthermore, the total leaf dry matter transport
(t ha
−1
) for the P-R-R in both seasons was significantly higher by an average
11.2%, 7.2% and 36 % than MV-R-R, R-R-R, and WF-R-R, respectively. In addition, net total nitrogen accumulation (kg ha
−1
) was found higher in green manure
applied plots compared to the control. Yield and yield attributed traits were
observed maximum in green manure applied plots, with treatments ranking as follows: P-R-R > R-R-R > MV-R-R > WF-R-R. Thus, results obtained highlight
ability of green manure to sustainably improve soil quality and rice yield.
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Li, T., Ullah, S., Liang, H., Ali, I., Zhao, Q. et al. (2021). The Enhancement of Soil Fertility, Dry Matter Transport and Accumulation, Nitrogen Uptake and Yield in Rice via Green Manuring.
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 90(1), 223–243. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.012065
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