Indian Journal of Agricultural Research

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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 46 issue 3 (september 2012) : 262-268

IMPACT OF INTEGRATED USE OF FERTILIZER AND ENRICHED COMPOST ON YIELD, NITROGEN UPTAKE BY WHEAT AND FRACTIONS OF SOIL NITROGEN IN SEMI ARID CONDITION

S.K. Singhal, R.D. Singh, V.K. Sharma, S.K. Sharma
1Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
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Cite article:- Singhal S.K., Singh R.D., Sharma V.K., Sharma S.K. (2024). IMPACT OF INTEGRATED USE OF FERTILIZER AND ENRICHED COMPOST ON YIELD, NITROGEN UPTAKE BY WHEAT AND FRACTIONS OF SOIL NITROGEN IN SEMI ARID CONDITION. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 46(3): 262-268. doi: .
A field experiment was conducted with integrated nutrient management on wheat at IARI research farm New Delhi.  Grain yield of wheat with 50% NPK fertilizer + NPK enriched compost was significantly higher than that of 100% NPK fertilizer, it was at par with 50% NPK fertilizer + NP enriched compost. The treatment 50% NPK fertilizer along with NPK enriched compost recorded maximum N uptake (105.0 kg ha-1). Application of fertilizer alone or in combination with compost led to a significant increase in total N, hydrolysable N (amino sugar-N, amino acid-N and hydrolysable NH3-N) and nonhydrolysable-N in soil as compared to initial status. The correlation studies revealed that amino sugar-N, amino acid-N and hydrolysable NH3-N fractions in soil were better indices of soil-N mineralization. A better correlation was observed between amino sugar-N with grain yield /N uptake by wheat.
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