Comparative Performance of Hybrid and Elite Inbred Rice Varieties with respect to Their Source-Sink Relationship
Table 1
Physical and chemical properties of the initial soil of the experimental plots.
Characteristics
Site
Site
Value/type
Value/type
% Sand
29.97
13.08
% Silt
54.86
44.25
% clay
15.28
42.47
Textural class
Silty loam
Silty clay
PH
5.87
6.70
Organic matter (%)
1.43
1.20
Total N (%)
0.08
0.13
P (μg/g soil)
5.58
7.49
S (μg/g soil)
7.89
7.25
B (μg/g soil)
0.16
0.12
Cu (μg/g soil)
0.15
0.27
Fe (μg/g soil)
2.80
4.35
Mn (μg/g soil)
0.74
1.63
Zn (μg/g soil)
0.43
0.34
Exchangeable K (meq/100 g soil)
0.10
0.17
Ca (meq/100 g soil)
1.43
2.40
Mg (meq/100 g soil)
0.35
0.87
Department of Soil Science, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207. Soil Science Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur 1703. Red brown terrace soil type.