Abstract
A field experiment was carried out during the rainy (kharif) season of 2017–18 and 2018–19 at the Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, to introduce the foliar spray of micro-nutrients along with Sesbania based brown manuring (BM) to enhance productivity of dry direct seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.). The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with 6 treatments and 4 replications. The treatments included foliar spray of FeSO4 (1%) and ZnSO4 (0.5%) alone and in combination with Sesbania brown manuring. The Sesbania sown broadcast on the same day along with rice for brown manuring (BM) at the seed rate of 40 kg/ ha that, BM with Sesbania treatments resulted in higher values of yield characters and yield than non-BM treatments. The treatment involving 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BM significantly increased the yield attributes like panicles/m2 , grains/panicles, and grain and straw yields of rice over the other treatment except rice + BM. This treatment also recorded the maximum uptake of nutrients, viz, N,P,K,Fe and Zn. The mmaximum benefit: cost ratio was also recorded under this treatment. The maximum weed dry weight was recorded with treatment rice alone and the lowest with treatment rice + FeSO4 @ 1% + ZnSO4 @ 0.5% at tillering and panicle initation + BM.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Sesbania brown manuring produced higher yield characters than non-BM treatments.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativat0
- Treatment
- BM with Sesbaniae0
- Outcome
- yield characterse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-BM treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“BM with Sesbania treatments resulted in higher values of yield characters and yield than non-BM treatments”
t0“rice (Oryza sativa)”
Claim · model-written summary
Sesbania brown manuring produced higher yield than non-BM treatments.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativat0
- Treatment
- BM with Sesbaniae0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-BM treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“BM with Sesbania treatments resulted in higher values of yield characters and yield than non-BM treatments”
t0“rice (Oryza sativa)”
Claim · model-written summary
Two FeSO4 and ZnSO4 sprays plus brown manure significantly raised panicle density.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0
- Treatment
- 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BMe0
- Outcome
- panicles/m2e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatment except rice + BMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The treatment involving 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BM significantly increased the yield attributes like panicles/m2 , grains/panicles, and grain and straw yields of rice over the other treatment except rice + BM”
Claim · model-written summary
Two FeSO4 and ZnSO4 sprays plus brown manure significantly raised grains per panicle.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0
- Treatment
- 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BMe0
- Outcome
- grains/paniclese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatment except rice + BMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The treatment involving 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BM significantly increased the yield attributes like panicles/m2 , grains/panicles, and grain and straw yields of rice over the other treatment except rice + BM”
Claim · model-written summary
Two FeSO4 and ZnSO4 sprays plus brown manure significantly raised grain yield.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0
- Treatment
- 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BMe0
- Outcome
- graine0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatment except rice + BMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The treatment involving 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BM significantly increased the yield attributes like panicles/m2 , grains/panicles, and grain and straw yields of rice over the other treatment except rice + BM”
Claim · model-written summary
Two FeSO4 and ZnSO4 sprays plus brown manure significantly raised straw yield.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0
- Treatment
- 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BMe0
- Outcome
- straw yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatment except rice + BMe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The treatment involving 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BM significantly increased the yield attributes like panicles/m2 , grains/panicles, and grain and straw yields of rice over the other treatment except rice + BM”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment maximized uptake of N, P, K, Fe, and Zn.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativat0
- Treatment
- 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BMe1
- Outcome
- uptake of nutrients, viz, N,P,K,Fe and Zne0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This treatment also recorded the maximum uptake of nutrients, viz, N,P,K,Fe and Zn”
t0“rice (Oryza sativa) in calcareous soil”
e1“2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BM significantly increased”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment maximized benefit:cost ratio.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativat0
- Treatment
- 2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BMe1
- Outcome
- benefit: cost ratioe0
- Direction
- mmaximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The mmaximum benefit: cost ratio was also recorded under this treatment”
t0“rice (Oryza sativa) in calcareous soil”
e1“2 foliar sprays of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 along with BM significantly increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice alone had the maximum weed dry weight.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0
- Treatment
- rice alonee0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed dry weighte0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum weed dry weight was recorded with treatment rice alone”
t0“rice (Oryza sativa)”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice with FeSO4, ZnSO4 and brown manure had the lowest weed dry weight.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0
- Treatment
- rice + FeSO4 @ 1% + ZnSO4 @ 0.5% at tillering and panicle initation + BMe0
- Interactor
- weede1weed
- Outcome
- weed dry weighte1
- Direction
- loweste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the lowest with treatment rice + FeSO4 @ 1% + ZnSO4 @ 0.5% at tillering and panicle initation + BM”
t0“rice (Oryza sativa)”
e1“maximum weed dry weight”
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