Thermal time in sprinkler-irrigated lowland rice

Genotypic Differences in Potassium Nutrition in Lowland Rice Hybrids

China imports most of its potassium (K) requirements for crop production. The objective of this study was to evaluate indica rice hybrids for Kuse efficiency. Twenty-eight indica rice hybrids were evaluated in nutrient solution. The K influx rate was greatest in genotype Weiyou 64 (684.9 nmol K plant h) and least in genotype Xie A/909 (457.2 nmol K plant h). The K-use efficiency was greatest in...

A Short Non-Saline Sprinkling Increases the Tuber Weights of Saline Sprinkler Irrigated Potatoes

Previous work has shown that a short non-saline sprinkling, following saline sprinkling, increased crop growth. We incorporated this finding into an investigation of two approaches to the conjunctive use of saline and non-saline water sources for sprinkler irrigation of potatoes viz., (i) mixing waters prior to application, and (ii) keeping waters temporally separate, that is commencing each ir...

Soil fertility in flooded and non-flooded irrigated rice systems

Economic weeding method for irrigated rice production in Bangladesh

The study was conducted at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Regional Station, Comilla, during three rice growing seasons. The experiment consists of six weeding treatments with three replications. The objective of the experiment was to determine an economic weeding method as well as to improve water management practices of paddy rice. The study indicates that the continuous ponding (100±1...

Inheritance of Submergence Tolerance in Lowland Rice Variety

About 70% of the rain-fed lowland rice farms in Nigeria are prone to seasonal flooding, which is a major constraint to rice production in some major rice producing areas. Each year that there is flooding, rice farmers in these parts of the country lose their entire crop. This research focuses on developing a submergence tolerant rice variety to overcome crop loss due to flooding. A study of the...