Gewaily, E., Ghoneim, A., Elhabet, H. (2018). Effects of Soil Fertilization on Sakha 105 Rice Cultivar Productivity, NPK Uptake and Soil Nutrient. Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 9(7), 253-259. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2018.35762
E. Gewaily; A. Ghoneim; Howida Elhabet. "Effects of Soil Fertilization on Sakha 105 Rice Cultivar Productivity, NPK Uptake and Soil Nutrient". Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 9, 7, 2018, 253-259. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2018.35762
Gewaily, E., Ghoneim, A., Elhabet, H. (2018). 'Effects of Soil Fertilization on Sakha 105 Rice Cultivar Productivity, NPK Uptake and Soil Nutrient', Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 9(7), pp. 253-259. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2018.35762
Gewaily, E., Ghoneim, A., Elhabet, H. Effects of Soil Fertilization on Sakha 105 Rice Cultivar Productivity, NPK Uptake and Soil Nutrient. Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2018; 9(7): 253-259. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2018.35762
Effects of Soil Fertilization on Sakha 105 Rice Cultivar Productivity, NPK Uptake and Soil Nutrient
Rice Research and Training Center, Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
Balanced supply of essential nutrient is one of the most important factor for increasing rice yield. Hence, knowledge of interaction of N with other nutrients are very important for improving fertilizer use efficiency and consequently increasing rice yield. A Field experiment was carried out at Rice Research and Training Center experimental farm during 2016 and 2017 seasons to assess the influence of different combinations of N, P, K and Zn fertilizer on yield of Sakha105 rice variety, its attributes, NPK uptake, N-recovery efficiency and agronomic nitrogen use efficiency. The fertilizer combinations were: (1) control, (2) N, (3) N + P, (4) N + K, (5) N + Zn, (6) N + P + Zn, (7) N +K + Zn, (8) N + P + K, and (9) N + P + K + Zn. Yield and yield attributes of Sakha 105 rice cultivar were significantly affected by different combinations of N, P, K and Zn fertilizer. The NPKZn treatment resulted in the highest grain yield, number of panicles hill-1, number of filled grain panicle-1 andlowest sterility percentage compared with the control. In addition, the uptake of N, P and K varied significantly by the application of different combinations of N, P, K and Zn fertilizer in both growing seasons. Nitrogen recovery efficiency % varied significantly with different fertilizers and ranged from 24.01 to 41.39% and from 26.08 to 43.99% in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The application of different chemical fertilizers significantly increased the available soil NH4+ content and available soil P concentration at different days after transplanting compared with the control. The study suggests that balance nutrient application using N, P, K and Zn fertilizers is a key management strategy for sustaining soil fertility and therefore increasing rice yield.