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Biochar with nitrapyrin reduces ammonia volatilization and increases nitrogen use efficiency of cabbage: A 15N tracer study
Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in subtropical crop** systems is low causing a large quantity of reactive N loss to the environment. However, the mechanisms and pathways of such losses are poorly understood. T...
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Article
Accumulation of arsenic in soil and rice under wetland condition in Bangladesh
Shallow tube well (STW) water, often contaminated with arsenic (As), is used extensively in Bangladesh for irrigating rice fields in the dry season, leading to potential As accumulation in soils. In the curren...
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Article
Fate of irrigation-water arsenic in rice soils of Bangladesh
An experiment involving four soils and three irrigation-water As concentrations was conducted in undisturbed soil columns during 2004–2006, with Boro (winter dry-season, flood-irrigated rice, using As-contaminate...
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The effects of iron plaque and phosphorus on yield and arsenic accumulation in rice
The effects of arsenate, Fe2+, and phosphate on amount and composition of Fe-oxide plaque at the rice-root surface and on the yield and arsenic accumulation in rice (cv. BRRI dhan33) were studied in a replicated ...
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Article
The requirement of zinc for improvement of crop yield and mineral nutrition in the maize–mungbean–rice system
A study was made over 3 years to find out an optimum rate of Zn application for the maize–mungbean–rice crop** system in a calcareous soil of Bangladesh. Zinc application was made at 0, 2 and 4 kg ha−1 for maiz...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Boron Nutrition and Boron Application in Crops
Boron deficiency is a major reason for lower yield of wheat and mustard in Bangladesh. This element deficiency has arisen mainly due to continuous mining of soil nutrients for increased crop** intensity with...
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Chapter
Boron Efficiency in a Wheat Germplasm from Bangladesh
Wheat production in Bangladesh has grown from about 32,000 tons from 60,000 ha in 1961 to almost 2 million tons from 800,000 ha by the year 2000. Wheat has contributed significantly to the country’s food secur...
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Enrichment of indigenous blue—green algal population in rice fields and evaluation of its effect in rice culture
A field experiment was carried out at Bangladesh Agricultural University Farm, Mymensingh during the 1992 boro season to enrich the indigenous blue—green algal population and to evaluate its effectiveness in r...