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Nitrogen fixation as influenced by pesticides and rice straw in paddy soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

P. K. Jena  and
V. Rajaramamohan Rao
P. K. Jena
Affiliation:
Division Of Soil Science and Microbiology, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 753 006, India
V. Rajaramamohan Rao
Affiliation:
Division Of Soil Science and Microbiology, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack 753 006, India
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Summary

The effect of three herbicides and an insecticide combination on nitrogen fixation in three paddy soils was investigated in a laboratory incubation study. The influence of pesticide combination on N2 fixation was evaluated in the presence and absence of rice straw under flooded and non-flooded conditions. In a non-flooded alluvial soil single or combined application of butachlor and carbofuran significantly stimulated N2 fixation. There was no effect on N2 fixation when thiobencarb was applied alone; but with thiobencarb in combination with carbofuran higher N2 fixation occurred. Both oxadiazone and thiobencarb had no effect on N2 fixation under flooded conditions, but in combination with carbofuran the N2 fixation was high. In acid sulphate saline Pokkali soil, rice straw application stimulated N2 fixation; the stimulatory effect of carbofuran either alone or in combination became more pronounced under flooded conditions. N2 fixation was low in a laterite Sukinda soil and the effect of pesticides was not changed by rice straw amendment. A uniform stimulation of N2 fixation occurred in soils when carbofuran was applied either singly or in combination with other herbicides tested. Results indicate that the effect of pesticides on N2 fixation varied with the rice straw application and water regime.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 108 , Issue 3 , June 1987 , pp. 635 - 638
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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