Management of rice production systems to increase productivity

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LIST OF TABLES xii Page Table 1. Fertilizer Importation and Usage in Africa 7 Table 2. Rainfall Data at the Low‐Input Trial Site, Brikama, The Gambia 14 Table 3. Soil Test Data from Upland Rice Sites in Western Region Of The Gambia 20 Table 4. Average Nutrient concentrations in Kilogram per Ton Paddy Rice at 14% Moisture 35 Table 5. Nitrogen Concentration in Rice Straw at Different Growth Stages 35 Table 6. Low‐Input Upland Rice Trial, Yield Parameters, Brikama, The Gambia, 2000 44 Table 7. Low‐Input Upland Rice Trial, Yield Data, Brikama, The Gambia, 2000 46 Table 8. Low‐Input Upland Rice Trial, Grain Yield, and Yield Parameters, Brikama, The Gambia, 2001 48 Table 9. Low‐Input Upland Rice Trial, Grain Yield and Yield Parameters, Brikama, The Gambia, 2002 50
Table 10. Grain Yield from Low‐Input Upland Rice Trial, Brikama, The Gambia, 2000, 2001, 2002 51 Table 11. Seedling Growth Parameters as Affected by Seedling Age, Sapu, The Gambia, 2001 91 Table 12. Effect of Seedling Age at Transplanting under SRI Management Practices, Sapu, The Gambia, 2002 94 Table 13. Effect of Seedling Age at Transplanting under SRI Management Practices, Sapu, The Gambia, 2002 95 Table 14. SRI vs. Conventional Practice using Different Varieties and Plant Spacing, Sapu, The Gambia, 2000 96 Table 15. SRI vs. Conventional Practice using Different Varieties and Plant Spacing, Sapu, The Gambia, 2000 97 Table 16. Average Yields at Different Plant Spacings, Sapu, The Gambia, 2000 98 Table 17. SRI Practice with cv IET3137 and Different Plant Spacing, Sapu, The Gambia, 2001 99 Table 18. SRI Practice Using Different Varieties and Plant Spacing, Sapu, The Gambia, 2002 100 xiii
Page 1 and 2: MANAGEMENT OF RICE PRODUCTION SYSTE
Page 3 and 4: MANAGEMENT OF RICE PRODUCTION SYSTE
Page 5 and 6: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH The author was
Page 7 and 8: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author is indeb
Page 9 and 10: TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: RICE
Page 11: 3.3.2. Effect of Seedling Age at Tr
Page 15 and 16: Table 28. Soil Sample Analysis at T
Page 17 and 18: Table 46. Yield Parameter SRI Ferti
Page 19 and 20: Figure 10. Grain Yield at Different
Page 21 and 22: context of food security. As there
Page 23 and 24: management of soil nutrients and so
Page 25 and 26: enough fertilizer was available to
Page 27 and 28: the importation of agricultural inp
Page 29 and 30: 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 4
Page 31 and 32: The reason for the decline in The G
Page 33 and 34: 2.1. Introduction CHAPTER TWO: LOW
Page 35 and 36: tend to produce moderately higher y
Page 37 and 38: available nitrogen and phosphorus r
Page 39 and 40: Table 3. Soil Test Data from Upland
Page 41 and 42: flood/drought cycle, which is provi
Page 43 and 44: educed transpiration due to soil wa
Page 45 and 46: management practices (dry land/irri
Page 47 and 48: Sta Cruz et al. (1994) identified d
Page 49 and 50: 2.1.6. Nutrient Dynamics in Tropica
Page 51 and 52: efficiency (Cassman and Harwood, 19
Page 53 and 54: (1) Higher mineralization rate in t
Page 55 and 56: Translocation of N from the vegetat
Page 57 and 58: NUEp = TDM / NPLANT (3) From equati
Page 59 and 60: 4) The NuMaSS can be used to predic
Page 61 and 62: 1. Zero application (Control) 2. Lo
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are averages of duplicated assays a
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show any significant differences be
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Table 8. Low‐Input Upland Rice Tr
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stress conditions that prevailed du
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Fertilizer Level Variety Grain Yiel
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Harvest Index Harvest Index 0.6 0.5
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Tissue N (%) Tissue N (%) Tissue N
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According to Fukai et al. (1999) hi
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NUE(grain) g per g (N) NUE(grain) g
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Necessary inputs for the nitrogen m
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Determining Crop N: The first step
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Hierarchy for NSoil: 1. You will en
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e able to access a value from the d
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Figure 10. Grain Yield at Different
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season, but in the event that major
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In many cases, results did not meet
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1995 worked with Malagasy farmers a
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3.1.3. Water Management Water contr
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diffusion from the soil‐water int
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and rewetting of soils as practiced
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2. SRI will increase rice yields be
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Three sets of rice nurseries were p
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Two rice varieties, IET 3137 and IT
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tillering variety, with plant heigh
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Gambia prefer bigger seedlings beca
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Figure 12. Number of New Roots Re
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Seedling Age 5‐Days 5‐Days 10
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Table 14. SRI vs. Conventional Prac
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The difference in 1000‐grain weig
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Variety Inter Space (cm) ITA 306 IE
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104 SRI management practice using 3
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fertilizer, but no better panicle f
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increase in fertilizer application.
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transplanting urea fertilizer was a
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112 Applying just compost alone gav
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submerging the 7‐day old seedling
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116 An increase in SRI yields in su
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4.1. General conclusions CHAPTER FO
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practices are 2 to 3 times higher t
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application. This study has proven
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APPENDIX 1: FIELD LAYOUT V. High‐
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Table 26. Soil Sample Analysis at H
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Low‐Input 40‐40‐40 APPENDIX 3
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Table 32. Low‐Input Upland Rice T
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Low‐Input 40‐40‐40 Table 34.
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Table 36. Nitrogen‐Use Efficiency
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Table 38. SRI vs Conventional Pract
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Table 40. Grain Yield from SRI Prac
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Fertilizer Level Table 42. SRI Fert
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Table 44. SRI Fertilizer Management
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Table 46. Yield Parameters SRI Fert
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Cabrera, M.L. 1993. Modeling the fl
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148 Dunsmore, J.R., A.B. Rains, G.D
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150 Hassink, J., Lebbink, G. and Va
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152 management in agricultural syst
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154 Root traits to increase drought
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156 emission from rice fields: The
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158 on ammonia volatilization losse
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