التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Effects of Nitrogen Levels on Yield and Nitrogen Utilization Efficiencies of Two Rice Varieties in Kirinyaga County, Kenya |
| المؤلفون: |
Gweyi-Onyango, Joseph P |
| بيانات النشر: |
Horticultural Association of Kenya |
| سنة النشر: |
2018 |
| المجموعة: |
Kenyatta University Repository |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
nitrogen partitioning, remobilization, N mining, N export, nitrogen agronomic efficiency |
| الوصف: |
Article ; Nitrogen is one of the most limiting elements in crop production and this is even worse in the tropics where the farmers do not have the capacity to purchase the inputs. Ammonium and urea forms of nitrogen have traditionally been applied in paddy rice. Despite the anaerobic conditions expected in flooded rice, conversion of ammonium to nitrate has been reported. Nitrate easily gets leached and lost. The other loss pathway is volatilization, leading to emissions of ammonia gas. There is need for judicious application of N to ensure proper utilization without incurring the losses. This can be assessed by determination of nitrogen use efficiencies. The current study evaluated the utilization efficiencies of two rice varieties (Nerica 4 and Nerica 10) supplied with four rates of nitrogen in form of urea. The experiment was laid in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with split plot arrangements, where two varieties represented the main plot while the nitrogen rates constituted the sub-plots. The experiment was replicated three times. The growth parameters determined were plant height, panicle length, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, Harvest index and grain weight. The grain and straw nitrogen contents were determined by Kjeldahl method and the following utilization efficiencies were computed: Nitrogen Use Efficiencies (NUE), Nitrogen Agronomic Efficiency (NAE), Nitrogen Harvesting Index and Nitrogen partitioning in grain and straw. Analysis of variance was performed using Statistical Analysis System version 9.00. Means were separated using least significance difference at a significance level of 5%. Associations between variables were determined by regression analyses. The results revealed significant differences in shoot and root dry weights, grain weight and plant height with Nerica 4 being superior in these characters compared to Nerica 10. The NHIs were not affected by nitrogen rates in both varieties though all of them were generally high (more than 0.6). The NAE ranged between 23-25% which is a ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: |
English |
| تدمد: |
1998-9326 |
| العلاقة: |
Gweyi-Onyango, J. P. (2018). Effects of nitrogen levels on yield and nitrogen utilization efficiencies of two rice varieties in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. African Journal of Horticultural Science, 14, 23-34.; http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25775Test |
| الإتاحة: |
http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25775Test |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.45FE11CD |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
