Impact of Nitrogen Application Rates on Upland Rice Performance, Planted under Varying Sowing Times
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Setup and Crop Management
2.2. Sampling, Measurements and Computations
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Upland Rice Growth and Productivity
3.2. Nitrogen Uptake
3.3. Nitrogen Use Efficiencies
3.4. Water Use Efficiency
3.5. Correlation Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hussain, T.; Hussain, N.; Ahmed, M.; Nualsri, C.; Duangpan, S. Impact of Nitrogen Application Rates on Upland Rice Performance, Planted under Varying Sowing Times. Sustainability 2022, 14, 1997. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14041997
Hussain T, Hussain N, Ahmed M, Nualsri C, Duangpan S. Impact of Nitrogen Application Rates on Upland Rice Performance, Planted under Varying Sowing Times. Sustainability. 2022; 14(4):1997. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14041997
Chicago/Turabian StyleHussain, Tajamul, Nurda Hussain, Mukhtar Ahmed, Charassri Nualsri, and Saowapa Duangpan. 2022. "Impact of Nitrogen Application Rates on Upland Rice Performance, Planted under Varying Sowing Times" Sustainability 14, no. 4: 1997. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14041997