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Effect of gypsum and lime application and Azolla pinnata inoculation on grain yield of rice

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S. Subramani
Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoire-641 003, India
S. Kannaiyan
Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatoire-641 003, India
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Keywords

Azolla
Biofertilizer
Gypsum
Lime
Rice grain yield
Inoculation
Dual crop

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Effect of gypsum and lime application and Azolla pinnata inoculation on grain yield of rice. (1988). Tropical Agriculture, 65(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1931
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Abstract

Azolla pinnata R. Brown was used as a biofertilizer for rice crops in early and late wet seasons of 1985-1986. Azolla as a dual crop with rice increased the grain yield of rice significantly over an uninoculated Azolla conhrol. The effects of gypsum and lime application and Azolla incorporation with gypsum or lime on rice grain yield and yield components were studied. Both gypsum and lime application, separately or together, showed favourable effects on grain yield. Application of gypsum, 60 kg N ha-1 as urea and Azolla inoculation recorded the highest grain yield.
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