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Effect of split application of nitrogen fertilizer on morphophysiological parameters of rice genotypes

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An experiment was carried out to assess the effect of four nitrogen levels viz . T1 (full doze of urea i.e . 215 kg urea ha-1 at 15 DAT), T2 (full doze of urea at two equal splits, 1/2, at 15 DAT + 1/2, at 30 DAT), T3 (full doze of urea at two equal splits, 1/2, at 15 DAT + 1/2, at 55 DAT) and T4 (full doze of urea at three equal splits, 1/3 at 15 DAT + 1/3 at 30 DAT + 1/3 at 55 DAT) on morpho-physiological attributes of Boro rice genotypes viz. V1 (BINAdhan 5), V2 (Tainan 3) and V3 (BINAdhan 6). Plant height, number of tillers hill-1 , number of leaves hill-1 , leaf area hill-1 (cm2), DM (dry matter) of root , stem and leaves hill-1 , TDM (total dry matter) hill-1 and chlorophyll content in leaves (at 74 DAT), were increased with the split application of N. Among the treatments, T4 showed the best performance and grain yield (45.25 g hill-1) compared to control (30. 61 g hill-1). Among the genotypes, BINAdhan 5 and BINAdhan 6 showed similar performance in respect of most of the parameters but BINA dhan 6 produced the highest grain yield (40 .26 g hill-1) compared to BINA dhan 5 (35 .54 g hill-1 ) and Tainan 3 (33 .90 g hill-1). Full dose of urea (215 kg urea ha-1) applied at three equal split at 15, 30 and 55 DAT was found to be the most beneficial one for the all the rice genotypes. Leaf chlorophyll content had a strong contribution to grain yield of rice.

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