Effect of Sulphur and Zinc on Rice Performance and Nutrient Dynamics in Plants and Soil of Indo Gangetic Plains

Abstract

Rice is the staple food of more than three billion people in the world, most of who live in Asia.Rice is important crop of Indo Gangetic Plains of Bihar, productivity of system is stagnate and somewhere going down, to ascertain the role of sulphur and zinc an experiment was conducted at main campus of ICAR Research Complex of Eastern Region Patna with four levels of both nutrients i.e. sulphur and zinc, total 16 treatments were tested in Randomized Block Design. Both the nutrients were applied to rice and their direct and residual response was ascertained to rice and lentil in sequence. Based on three years of experimentation, results revealed that rice plant height is significantly affected by sulphur and zinc. Tallest plant (101.7cm) was recorded at maturity with application 6kg Zn application Zn. With the advance of stage dry matter accumulation was increased, it was not like the LAI which was decreased after Panicle initiation stage. Highest LAI (4.29) at anthesis was produced in the plots treated with Zn at 6 kg/ha. Dry matter share of root was in general less than 15% across the levels of sulphur and zinc during all the phenological stages. Maximum rice yield (7.63 t/ha) was recorded with combined application of 30kg sulphur and 6kg zinc, whereas corresponding minimum rice yield (7.09 t/ha) was recorded with absolute control plots where no application of zinc and sulphur was done during entire experimentation period.Maximum (281.2 kg/ha) nitrogen uptake was recorded with 6kg zinc treatment. However highest uptake of P (91.1 kg/ha) and K (150.4 kg/ha) was recorded in the plot supplemented with no Zn and sulphur at 40 kg/ha, respectively. Soil parameters viz., pH, EC and organic carbon content did not influenced with the S and Zn. N, P, K, S and Znwere affected significantly due to sulphur and zinc nutrition.

Land Productivity Enhancement by Sulfur Nutrient Management in Vertisol Rice Field

“…The increase use of fertilizer regardless of the balance can deplete the other macro nutrients such as S. The P and K maximum uptake by rice plants grown at the ACIAR experimental garden in Southeast Ratna in 2008-09 to 2010-11 was obtained by fertilizing 40 kg S ha -1 (Singh, Manibhushan, Meena, & Upadhyaya, 2012). It was reported by Widowati & Rochayati (2003) that 30 soil samples taken from Java, Lombok Island and South Sulawesi need additional S nutrients.…”

A Systematic Review on Monitoring and Advanced Control Strategies in Smart Agriculture

“…[20] a) MICRO NUTRIENTS Plants need these nutrients in lesser amount than micro nutrient but we cannot eliminate them because they are also playing an important role for plants health. Micronutrients include Iron (Fe) [22], Copper (Cu) [23], Manganese (Mn) [24], Zinc (Zn) [25] [26], Boron (B) [27], Chlorine (Cl) [28], and Molybdenum (Mo) [29]. Silicon (Si) [30], Sodium (Na) [31], Cobalt (Co) [32], Nickel (Ni) [33] [34] are lesser known micro nutrients.…”

“…b) MACRO NUTRIENTS Plants growth mostly depends on the macro nutrients because plants need them in larger quantity. Macronutrients include Nitrogen (N) [35], Potassium (K) [36], Calcium (C) [37], Magnesium (Mg) [38], Sulfur (S) [39] [25] and phosphorus (P) [40]. Nitrogen (N), Potassium (K) and Phosphorus (P) are important nutrient from macro nutrients.…”

Effect of foliar application of iron and zinc on performance of transplanted rice in middle Gangetic plains of Bihar

“…Rice is a staple food crop of more than half of the population of South Asia (Mahajan and Chauhan, 2015). It is also a staple food crop representing the major carbohydrate and even protein source in North-Eastern Plain Zone of India (Singh et al (2012)). The sustainability and productivity of this cropping system is under threat due to deteriorating soil health and micronutrient deficiency and resulting in less grain yield and poor quality (Kumar et al 2016 andSingh et al 2015).…”

“…Injudicious use of major nutrients, less use of organic fertilizers and manures, poor on-farm residue management and intensive cropping create negative nutrients balance and deficiency of micronutrients (Nadeem and Farooq, 2019). Micronutrient deficiency is considered as one of the major causes of the declining productivity trends observed in rice growing countries (Singh et al, 2012). Micronutrient deficiencies occurs in both crops and humans (Seilsepour, 2007) and deficiencies of iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) result in impaired mental development, anemia, reduced immunity, poor appetite and stunting.…”