Paper · 1996 · Experimental Agriculture

Long-term Comparison of the Agronomic Efficiency and Residual Benefits of Organic and Inorganic Nitrogen Sources for Tropical Lowland Rice

K. G. Cassman; S. K. de Datta; S. T. Amarante; et al.

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Abstract

SUMMARY Nitrogen efficiency from Azolla microphylla or Sesbania rostrata green manure, rice straw, and inorganic fertilizer-N was compared in two long-term experiments with irrigated lowland rice ( Oryza sativa L.). Treatments included a control and each nitrogen source alone or in combinations that provided 50% of the total applied nitrogen from an organic and inorganic nitrogen source. All nitrogen sources were applied at equivalent nitrogen rates to 19–22 consecutive rice crops. Residual effects were assessed in two subsequent cropping seasons at one site. Lower grain yield, agronomic efficiency (Δgrain per kg total applied nitrogen), and apparent nitrogen uptake were obtained from green manure and rice straw nitrogen as sole or dual nitrogen sources rather than from a standard split application of prilled urea. Compared to prilled urea, residual effects from green manure or rice straw included a significant increase in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen, and greater extractable soil nitrogen in the vegetative growth period. After panicle initiation there was no residual effect on the rate of crop nitrogen accumulation, and final grain yields were similar regardless of previous nitrogen source. Recycling of rice straw appeared to have greater potential for reducing fertilizer-N requirements than use of green manure because rice straw is often a wasted resource in irrigated rice systems of the humid tropics, the efficiency of rice straw nitrogen in combination with prilled urea is comparable to green manure nitrogen, and the increase in soil nitrogen from rice straw was 50–150% greater than from green manure.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Green manure and rice straw nitrogen gave lower rice grain yield than split prilled urea.

Treatment
green manure and rice straw nitrogene0
Outcome
grain yielde0
Direction
Lowere0
Comparator
standard split application of prilled ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Lower grain yield, agronomic efficiency (Δgrain per kg total applied nitrogen), and apparent nitrogen uptake were obtained from green manure and rice straw nitrogen as sole or dual nitrogen sources rather than from a standard split application of prilled urea”

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“Rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Green manure and rice straw nitrogen gave lower agronomic efficiency than split prilled urea.

Treatment
green manure and rice straw nitrogene0
Outcome
agronomic efficiencye0
Direction
Lowere0
Comparator
standard split application of prilled ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Lower grain yield, agronomic efficiency (Δgrain per kg total applied nitrogen), and apparent nitrogen uptake were obtained from green manure and rice straw nitrogen as sole or dual nitrogen sources rather than from a standard split application of prilled urea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 566–825 · show in text ↑
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“Rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Green manure and rice straw nitrogen gave lower apparent nitrogen uptake than split prilled urea.

Treatment
green manure and rice straw nitrogene0
Outcome
apparent nitrogen uptakee0
Direction
Lowere0
Comparator
standard split application of prilled ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Lower grain yield, agronomic efficiency (Δgrain per kg total applied nitrogen), and apparent nitrogen uptake were obtained from green manure and rice straw nitrogen as sole or dual nitrogen sources rather than from a standard split application of prilled urea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 566–825 · show in text ↑
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“Rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Green manure or rice straw increased residual soil organic carbon relative to prilled urea.

Treatment
green manure or rice strawe0
Outcome
soil organic carbone0
Direction
increasee0
Comparator
prilled ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Compared to prilled urea, residual effects from green manure or rice straw included a significant increase in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen”

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“Rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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Green manure or rice straw increased residual soil total nitrogen relative to prilled urea.

Treatment
green manure or rice strawe0
Outcome
total nitrogene0
Direction
increasee0
Comparator
prilled ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Compared to prilled urea, residual effects from green manure or rice straw included a significant increase in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 827–975 · show in text ↑
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“Rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Green manure or rice straw left greater extractable soil nitrogen during vegetative growth than prilled urea.

Organ / stage
vegetative growth periode0
Treatment
green manure or rice strawe0
Outcome
extractable soil nitrogene0
Direction
greatere0
Comparator
prilled ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Compared to prilled urea, residual effects from green manure or rice straw included a significant increase in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen, and greater extractable soil nitrogen in the vegetative growth period”

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“Rice”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Prior nitrogen source had no residual effect on rice nitrogen accumulation rate after panicle initiation.

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panicle initiatione0
Treatment
previous nitrogen sourcee0
Outcome
rate of crop nitrogen accumulatione0
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no residual effecte0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“After panicle initiation there was no residual effect on the rate of crop nitrogen accumulation, and final grain yields were similar regardless of previous nitrogen source”

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“Rice”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Final rice grain yields were similar regardless of prior nitrogen source.

Treatment
previous nitrogen sourcee0
Outcome
final grain yieldse0
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similare0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“final grain yields were similar regardless of previous nitrogen source”

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“Rice”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Rice straw nitrogen combined with prilled urea had efficiency comparable to green manure nitrogen.

Outcome
efficiency of rice straw nitrogene0
Direction
comparablee0
Comparator
green manure nitrogene0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the efficiency of rice straw nitrogen in combination with prilled urea is comparable to green manure nitrogen”

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“Rice”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Rice straw increased soil nitrogen 50–150% more than green manure.

Outcome
soil nitrogene0
Direction
greatere0
Value
50–150%e0
Comparator
green manuree0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the increase in soil nitrogen from rice straw was 50–150% greater than from green manure”

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“Rice”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

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The authors consider straw recycling more promising than green manure for reducing fertilizer nitrogen requirements.

Outcome
Recycling of rice strawe0
Comparator
use of green manuree0

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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Recycling of rice straw appeared to have greater potential for reducing fertilizer-N requirements than use of green manure”

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“Rice”

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