USING OF CYANOBACTERIA OR AZOLLA AS ALTERNAT1VE SOURCES OF NITROGEN FOR RICE PRODUCTION | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology | ||
| Article 6, Volume 30, Issue 9, September 2005, Pages 5567-5577 PDF (131.15 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jacb.2005.238028 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. M. EI Zeky; R.M. EI· Shahat; Gh. S. Metwaly; Elham M. Aref | ||
| Soils, Water and Environ. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Two field experiments were carried out at EL- S<!rw Agricultural Research Station (ARC) Damietta Governorate, in two successive summer Seasons of 2002 and 2003. These experimenls were done to evaluate the efficiency of bolh cyanobacteria and Azona as nitrogen source sharing mineral nitrogen fertilizer in rice production, in comparison wilh the use of the full recommended nitrogen dose (60 kg N fed"). Results reveal thai AzoHa inoculated to rice was superior than cyanobacteria. Increasing nitrogen level up to 60 kg N fed" increased significantly rice grain and straw yields. The combination of either cyanobacteria or Azolla with mineral nitrogen was more beneficial than the use 01 mineral nitrogen alone. Forty kg N (e<f' gained rice yield not significantly different from that attained due to 60 kg N fed". Same treatment lead to increases in N-uptake for grain and straw, Soil biological activity which is represented by soit total bacterial count, total fungi, lotal actinomycetes, dehydrcgenase activity and carbon dioxide evolution. Generally, both cyanobacteria and Azoi/a can Partially substitute nitrogen in rice cultivation with priority to Azolla. saving the high cost of mineral nitrogen fertilizer by about 60 % and reduced the hazards resulted from the extensive use of mineral nitrogen fertilizers. | ||
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