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Rice, IR-28, was fertilized by urea at 48, 96, 144 or 192 kg N/ha under three application schedules: (1) complete basal application before submergence, (2) split application, basal and 30 days after transplanting, or (3) 15 and 45 days after transplanting. Plant growth, yield, N accumulation, and chemical fertilizer N-use efficiency were minimum under complete basal application. N fertilization at 15 and 45 days after transplanting was superior and formed the fastest and greatest colonization by cyanobacteria. The population profile comprised 64%Nostoc, 24%Anabaena and 8%Calothrix.Aulosira, Nodularia andTolypothrix were each less than 1% of the total heterocystous cyano-bacteria.
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Yanni, Y.G. Potential of indigenous cyanobacteria to contribute to rice performance under different schedules of nitrogen application. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 7, 48–52 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02310919
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