Productivity and Nutrient Balance of an Intensive Rice–Rice Cropping System Are Influenced by Different Nutrient Management in the Red and Lateritic Belt of West Bengal, India

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 8; p. 1622
• Main Authors: Shankar, Tanmoy, Malik, Ganesh Chandra, Banerjee, Mahua, Dutta, Sudarshan, Maitra, Sagar, Praharaj, Subhashisa, Sairam, Masina, Kumar, Duvvada Sarath, Dessoky, Eldessoky S., Hassan, Mohamed M., Ismail, Ismail A., Saif, Tarek, Skalicky, Milan, Brestic, Marian, Hossain, Akbar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 06.08.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Belts; Cereal crops; Chlorophyll; Crop yield; Cropping systems; Crops; Experiments; Farms; Fertilizer application; Fertilizers; Grain; grain yield; Growing season; growth characters; hybrids; India; Irrigation; Irrigation systems; laterites; Loam soils; Nitrogen; Nutrient balance; nutrient management; Nutrient uptake; nutrient uptake and balance; Nutrients; Nutrition; panicles; Phosphorus pentoxide; Potassium; Productivity; Rain; Rice; Rice fields; rice–rice cropping system; Seasons; Seeds; Soil fertility; spikelets; subtropics; Sustainability; Sustainable yield; Weight; Wind; World population; yield attributes; West Bengal India; India

Rice is the lifeline for more than half of the world population, and in India, in view of its huge demand in the country, farmers adopt a rice–rice cropping system where the irrigation facility is available. As rice is a nutrient-exhausting crop, sustainable productivity of rice–rice cropping system...