Paper · 1989 · Experimental Agriculture

A Comparison of the Use of Azolla and Blue-green Algal Bio-fertilizers with Green Manuring, Organic Manuring and Urea in Transplanted and Direct-seeded Rice

A. L. Singh; P. K. Singh

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Abstract

SUMMARY Azolla and blue-green algae (BGA) inoculated in a rice field produced a higher biomass and fixed more nitrogen in transplanted than in direct-seeded rice. Application of Azolla , BGA, composts of Eichhomia and Azolla and green manuring with Sesbania increased tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by rice in both the transplanted and the direct-seeded crop. The growing and incorporating of three Azolla crops with the rice crop produced more grain than the use of other nitrogen sources but the rice crops showed a poor response to inoculation with BGA. The yield of rice following green manuring with Sesbania or the use of two crops of Azolla after transplanting was similar to that of a crop receiving 60 kg N ha −1 as urea, but smaller yields resulted from the use of composts of Azolla and Eichhornia .

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Azolla and blue-green algae produced higher biomass in transplanted than direct-seeded rice.

Treatment
Azolla and blue-green algae (BGA)e0
Interactor
AzollaAzollae0symbiont
Outcome
biomasse0
Direction
highere0
Comparator
direct-seeded ricee0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Azolla
Azolla · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryVis M · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Azolla and blue-green algae (BGA) inoculated in a rice field produced a higher biomass and fixed more nitrogen in transplanted than in direct-seeded rice.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 8–162 · show in text ↑
Associationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Azolla and blue-green algae fixed more nitrogen in transplanted than direct-seeded rice.

Treatment
Azolla and blue-green algae (BGA)e0
Interactor
AzollaAzollae0symbiont
Outcome
nitrogene0
Direction
moree0
Comparator
direct-seeded ricee0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Azolla
Azolla · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryVis M · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Azolla and blue-green algae (BGA) inoculated in a rice field produced a higher biomass and fixed more nitrogen in transplanted than in direct-seeded rice.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 8–162 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Azolla application increased rice tiller number, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake in both planting systems.

Treatment
Azollae0
Interactor
AzollaAzollae0symbiont
Outcome
tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by ricee0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Azolla
Azolla · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryVis M · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Application of Azolla , BGA, composts of Eichhomia and Azolla and green manuring with Sesbania increased tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by rice in both the transplanted and the direct-seeded crop.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 163–396 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Blue-green algae application increased rice tiller number, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake in both planting systems.

Treatment
BGAe0
Interactor
BGAe0symbiont
Outcome
tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by ricee0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Application of Azolla , BGA, composts of Eichhomia and Azolla and green manuring with Sesbania increased tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by rice in both the transplanted and the direct-seeded crop.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 163–396 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Composts of Eichhomia and Azolla increased rice tiller number, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake.

Treatment
composts of Eichhomia and Azollae0
Outcome
tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by ricee0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Application of Azolla , BGA, composts of Eichhomia and Azolla and green manuring with Sesbania increased tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by rice in both the transplanted and the direct-seeded crop.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 163–396 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Green manuring with Sesbania increased rice tiller number, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake.

Treatment
green manuring with Sesbaniae0
Outcome
tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by ricee0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Application of Azolla , BGA, composts of Eichhomia and Azolla and green manuring with Sesbania increased tiller numbers, height, grain and straw yields, and nitrogen uptake by rice in both the transplanted and the direct-seeded crop.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 163–396 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Growing and incorporating three Azolla crops yielded more rice grain than other nitrogen sources.

Treatment
growing and incorporating of three Azolla cropse0
Outcome
graine0
Direction
moree0
Comparator
other nitrogen sourcese0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“The growing and incorporating of three Azolla crops with the rice crop produced more grain than the use of other nitrogen sources”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 397–526 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Rice crops responded poorly to blue-green algae inoculation.

Treatment
inoculation with BGAe0
Interactor
BGAe0symbiont
Outcome
poor responsee0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the rice crops showed a poor response to inoculation with BGA.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 531–593 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Sesbania green manure produced rice yield similar to 60 kg N ha −1 urea.

Treatment
green manuring with Sesbaniae0
Outcome
yield of ricee0
Direction
similare0
Comparator
60 kg N ha −1 as ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“The yield of rice following green manuring with Sesbania or the use of two crops of Azolla after transplanting was similar to that of a crop receiving 60 kg N ha −1 as urea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 594–766 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Two Azolla crops after transplanting produced rice yield similar to 60 kg N ha −1 urea.

Treatment
two crops of Azolla after transplantinge0
Outcome
yield of ricee0
Direction
similare0
Comparator
60 kg N ha −1 as ureae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“The yield of rice following green manuring with Sesbania or the use of two crops of Azolla after transplanting was similar to that of a crop receiving 60 kg N ha −1 as urea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 594–766 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Azolla compost produced lower rice yields than urea.

Treatment
composts of Azollae0
Outcome
yieldse0
Direction
smallere0
Comparator
60 kg N ha −1 as ureae1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“smaller yields resulted from the use of composts of Azolla and Eichhornia .”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 772–847 · show in text ↑
e1

“a crop receiving 60 kg N ha −1 as urea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 728–766 · show in text ↑
e2

“The yield of rice following green manuring with Sesbania”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 594–650 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Eichhornia compost produced lower rice yields than urea.

Treatment
Eichhorniae0
Outcome
yieldse0
Direction
smallere0
Comparator
60 kg N ha −1 as ureae1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“smaller yields resulted from the use of composts of Azolla and Eichhornia .”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 772–847 · show in text ↑
e1

“a crop receiving 60 kg N ha −1 as urea”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 728–766 · show in text ↑
e2

“The yield of rice following green manuring with Sesbania”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 594–650 · show in text ↑

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