Rice-the vital source of food-plays a key role in the food security system which in turn requires the NPK for optimum growth and yield. The practices of integrated nutrient management are highly important for sustained and better quality rice production because it involves the judicious use of organic, chemical, and microbial sources for improving the soil health and enhancing the yield through the economically and ecological friendly ways thus helpful to reduce the issues of nutrient mining. Therefore, the integrated nutrient management is the need of hour to maintain the soil fertility and productivity along with farmers' benefit by the integration of organic manures, inorganic fertilizers, and biofertilizers. Pelleting is the technique of nutrient management where nutrients are slowly released with longterm effects, reduced losses, and enhanced uptake of nutrients due to the condensed form of manures into a pellet. Such a pellet is also easy to handle, transport, store, and enriched with chemicals which contains all essential major nutrients and micronutrients and releases these nutrients slowly in root zones, making them available for long time and reducing their losses in different forms.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429488580-16
Publish Year: 2018
