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APPLICATION TIME OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION MITIGATES THE ADVERSE EFFECT OF SUBMERGENCE IN RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2015

PRIYANKA GAUTAM*
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
B. LAL
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
A. K. NAYAK
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
P. BHATTACHARYYA
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
M. J. BAIG
Affiliation:
Crop Physiology and Biochemistry Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
R. RAJA
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
MD. SHAHID
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
R. TRIPATHI
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
SANGITA MOHANTY
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
B. B. PANDA
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
ANJANI KUMAR
Affiliation:
Crop Production Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India753 006
*
Corresponding author. Email: priyanakagautam@gmail.com

Summary

Large areas of rainfed lowlands of Asia annually experienced flash flooding during the rice-growing season, which is an important abiotic stress that adversely affect grain yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop. Submergence stress is a common environmental challenge for agriculture sustainability in these areas because lack of high-yielding, flood-tolerant cultivars. In this study, IR64-Sub1 and IR64 were compared for their tolerance to submergence at active tillering (AT), panicle initiation (PI) and heading (H) stages with nitrogen and phosphorus application time. We evaluated the role of cultivars, stage of submergence and N and P application on phenology, leaf senescence (LS), photosynthetic (Pn) rate, yield attributes and yield. Under non-submerged conditions, no difference was observed in phenology, Pn rate and yield of both cultivars. Submergence substantially reduced biomass, Pn rate, yields attributes and yield across cultivars with more drastic reduction in IR64. Submergence at H stage proves to be most detrimental. Nitrogen application after desubmergence with basal P improved the Pn rate resulting in significantly higher yield and yield components. Nitrogen application before submergence resulted in increased LS and ethylene accumulation in shoots leading to drastic reduction in growth, Pn rate and yield. Crop establishment and productivity could therefore be enhanced in areas where untimely flooding is anticipated by avoiding N application before submergence and applying N after desubmergence with basal P (phosphorus).

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