Foliar Spray of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Raised Bed Increases Yield of Transplanted Aman Rice over Conventional Method
Table 9
Water use efficiency by foliar spray in raised bed and conventional method.
Water use efficiency savings by foliar spray in bed planting of rice over conventional method
Method of fertilizer application
Water use efficiency for grain production
Water use efficiency for biomass production
(kg/ha·cm)
(kg/ha·cm)
Foliar spray of fertilizer in raised bed
45.67a
91.73a
Fertilizer broadcasting in conventional planting
30.63 b
65.11b
LSD at 5%
1.85
5.04
Level of significance
**
**
Where ** represents probability of ≤0.01. Values were means of three replicates. In a column figures with same letter do not differ significantly whereas figures with dissimilar letters differ significantly ().
