Foliar Spray of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Raised Bed Increases Yield of Transplanted Aman Rice over Conventional Method

Table 8

Irrigation water savings by foliar spray in bed planting of rice production over conventional method.

Method of fertilizer application	Water required at different times of irrigation (cm)					Water saved over
	Land preparation	Transplanting	Reproductive stage	Rainfall	Total	conventional method (%)
Foliar spray of fertilizer in raised bed	—	6.35	43.62	52.50	102.47b
Fertilizer broadcasting in conventional planting	13.06	6.20	70.90	52.50	142.66a	39%
LSD at 5%	—	0.37	0.00	1.03	2.62
Level of significance	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	**

Where ** and n.s. represent probability of ≤0.01 and >0.05. Values were means of three replicates. In a column figures with same letter do not differ significantly whereas figures with dissimilar letters differ significantly (𝑃≤0.01).