The document discusses various methods of fertilizer application including broadcasting, placement methods like plough sole placement and deep placement, localized placement techniques like drilling and side dressing, and foliar, fertigation, and aerial application. It emphasizes the importance of applying fertilizers based on soil testing and type to ensure their efficient use by plants and minimize losses.
Introduction
enlist of problematic soil
Salt affected soil
Characteristic of salt affected soil
Comparison between salt affected soil
Reclamation of Saline soils
Reclamation of sodic soils
Reclamation of saline-sodic soils
Acidic soils
Reclamation of acidic soil
Acid Sulphate soils and its management
Calcareous soil
Tillage is the manipulation of soil with tools & implements for loosening the surface crust & bringing about conditions favorable for the germination of seeds and the growth of crops.
soil condition resulting from tillage
good Tilth - soft, friable & properly aerated
crop emergence, establishment, growth and development
easy infiltration of water & are retentive of moisture for satisfactory growth of plants
To prepare the seed bed to a satisfactory level which promotes good germination and establishment of the seedlings
To control weeds and improve close plant-soil interaction in the rooting zone.
To loosen the soil for easy penetration and proliferation
To remove the other sprouting materials in the soil
To modify the soil temperature
To break hard soil pans and improve drainage facilities
To manage the plant residues by incorporating into the soil or to retain on the top layer to reduce erosion.
To improve the physical conditions of the soil
To harvest rain water easily and soil erosion can be minimised.
To establish specific surface configurations for sowing, irrigation, drainage, etc.
To incorporate and mix applied fertilizers and manures into the soil.
To destroy the eggs and larvae of insects and their breeding places.
Primary & Secondary tillage Implements and their usesSazib akan
Tillage is the manipulation of the soil into a desired condition by mechanical means; tools are employed to achieve some desired effect (such as pulverization, cutting, or movement). cultivator. agricultural technology: Fallow system and tillage techniques. cereal farming: Seedbed preparation.
Introduction
enlist of problematic soil
Salt affected soil
Characteristic of salt affected soil
Comparison between salt affected soil
Reclamation of Saline soils
Reclamation of sodic soils
Reclamation of saline-sodic soils
Acidic soils
Reclamation of acidic soil
Acid Sulphate soils and its management
Calcareous soil
Tillage is the manipulation of soil with tools & implements for loosening the surface crust & bringing about conditions favorable for the germination of seeds and the growth of crops.
soil condition resulting from tillage
good Tilth - soft, friable & properly aerated
crop emergence, establishment, growth and development
easy infiltration of water & are retentive of moisture for satisfactory growth of plants
To prepare the seed bed to a satisfactory level which promotes good germination and establishment of the seedlings
To control weeds and improve close plant-soil interaction in the rooting zone.
To loosen the soil for easy penetration and proliferation
To remove the other sprouting materials in the soil
To modify the soil temperature
To break hard soil pans and improve drainage facilities
To manage the plant residues by incorporating into the soil or to retain on the top layer to reduce erosion.
To improve the physical conditions of the soil
To harvest rain water easily and soil erosion can be minimised.
To establish specific surface configurations for sowing, irrigation, drainage, etc.
To incorporate and mix applied fertilizers and manures into the soil.
To destroy the eggs and larvae of insects and their breeding places.
Primary & Secondary tillage Implements and their usesSazib akan
Tillage is the manipulation of the soil into a desired condition by mechanical means; tools are employed to achieve some desired effect (such as pulverization, cutting, or movement). cultivator. agricultural technology: Fallow system and tillage techniques. cereal farming: Seedbed preparation.
9.Fertigation a method of fertilizer application lets see A Lecture By Mr. Al...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
9.Fertigation a method of fertilizer application lets see A Lecture By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Visiting Professor the University of Agriculture Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan
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Definition and introduction of fertilizer use efficiency , Causes for Low and Declining Crop Response to Fertilizers and FUE.Methods to increase fertilizer use efficiency.
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- Basic Principles of Fertilizer Application.
- Soil is the principle source of other nutrients.
- Primary nutrients(nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) are used in relatively large amounts by plants, and often are supplemented as fertilizers.
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Fertilizers are applied to the soil to increase the available supply of plant nutrients (principally nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium) and thus promote greater yields or better crop quality.
Fertilizers can be applied to the soil in several forms:
Barnyard manure
Granular/coarse and pelleted/capsule fertilizers of various formula
Fertilizers in liquid and gaseous form
Special equipment is, therefore, required for the handling of these types of fertilizers, which are applied to the soil and crop in various ways at different stages of culture.
Fertilizers can be organic and inorganic fertilizers.
Organic fertilizers include farmyard manures, which are applied in large quantities.
Inorganic or commercial fertilizers include urea, DAP, supper phosphates, which are applied in smaller predetermined quantities relative to the organic ones.
The fertilizer equipment needed will, therefore, be selected depending on the type of fertilizer and the form of application.
All types of fertilizer equipment will have;
Storage unit
Metering mechanism
Carrying frame attached with Planters
Dry, granular fertilizers have for many years been the most common types of fertilizers used by farmers.
Their applicators can be designed as attachments with planters so as to permit dual operations in connection.
2. Methods of fertilizer application
Since most of the soils do not provide the requisite nutrients necessary
for the growth and health of plants, they have to be fed with fertilizers to
overcome the deficiency.
Also, fertilizers are not one-time materials which once provided do not
have to be re-supplied.
In fact, every time you harvest your plants, they remove some nutrients
along with them.
Thus, regular supply of fertilizers to plants is a must to ensure their
regular growth and yield. Find out more about the significance of
fertilizers in the following lines.
3. Methods of fertilizer application
• The fertilizer scheduling must be based on soil test.
• Selection of fertilizers should be done according to the soil
reaction viz., acidic fertilizers for alkaline soils and basic
fertilizers for acidic soil reactions.
• Surface application through broadcasting should not be
adopted but the fertilizers should be placed about 3-4 cms by
the side or below the seed.
4. Methods of fertilizer application
• The Phosphotic and Potassic fertilizers should be basal
placed, because their poor mobility restricts them to the
place of application. Therefore, they must be placed in the
root zone.
• Home mixing of fertilizers should be in accordance with the
fertilizer-mixing guide and such fertilizers mixture must be
applied as soon as possible.
5. Methods of fertilizer application
In case of heavy soil type, half of the nitrogenous fertilizers
should be basal placed and rest should be top-dressed in one
split only.
But in case of light soils, nitrogen should be applied in three
equal splits i.e 1/3 as basal, 1/3 after 30 days of sowing and
the balance 1/3 about 50-60 days after sowing.
6. Methods of fertilizer application
For at least a week, flooding with too deep water or poor
drainage should be avoided after application of the fertilizers.
Top dressing should be done after draining out the water and
weeding so that the loss of nutrient is minimum. Paddy fields,
used for transplanting, should be puddled and fertilizers should
be applied at the time of puddling. This will help fertilizers to
penetrate and get stored in the soil.
7. Methods of fertilizer application
The acidic soils should be treated with liming materials as and
when required.
Deep placement of fertilizers, along with foliar feeding of
nitrogen (i.e., urea) through spraying of nitrogenous fertilizers
in place of top dressing should be done in case of dry lands.
Addition of organic manures or green manuring should be
done at least once in 3-5 years. Weed growth should not be
permitted in cropped areas, during any part of the year.
8. Methods of fertilizer application
• In case of flooded fields or calcareous soils, use of slow release
nitrogenous fertilizers like Sulphur coated urea, urea super
granules, Neem coated or Neem blended urea's should be used
so that loss of nitrogen can be minimized.
• Mud bolls, contain urea and should be used in case of
deepwater crops because they help in proper placement and
also reduce the loss of nitrogen from the field.
9. Methods of fertilizer application
The relative efficiencies of the various methods depends on many
factors.
Broadcast application may be less effective than banded or seed
row application under some conditions.
Fertilizer placed in the seed row can delay or severely reduce
crop emergence.
Fertilizers application based on
10. Methods of fertilizer application
The maximum rate that can be safely placed in the seed row depends
on:
• Crop type
• Soil moisture
• Soil type (clay and organic matter content)
• Type of fertilizer
• Row spacing and
• Spread of seed and fertilizer (type of opener)
11. Methods of fertilizer application
Nitrogen fertilizers application based on leaf color chart
The leaf color chart (LCC) is an innovative cost effective tool for
real-time or crop-need-based N management.
LCC is a visual and subjective indicator of plant nitrogen
deficiency and is an inexpensive, easy to use and simple alternative
to chlorophyll meter /SPAD meter (soil plant analysis
development) .
It measures leaf color intensity that is related to leaf N status.
12. Methods of fertilizer application
LCC is an ideal tool to optimize N use at high yield levels,
irrespective of the source of N applied, viz., organic manure,
biologically fixed N, or chemical fertilizers.
Thus, it is an eco-friendly tool in the hands of farmers. Now, it is
manufactured with 4 colors called Four Panel LCC & 6 colors
called Six Panel LCC.
Moreover, LCC is provided with water-proof laminated instruction
sticker in the required regional language.
14. Methods of fertilizer application
• Purpose of using LCC is to apply adequate amount of nitrogen
and avoid application of fertilizer more than required.
• Use of LCC helps to determine nitrogen demand of the crop
and guide right time of fertilizer nitrogen application so as to
prevent unwanted nitrogen losses and their serious impacts on
the ecosystem.
15. Methods of fertilizer application
More Crop
Less Cost
Avoid Disease
Reduction of GHG Emission
17. Methods of fertilizer application
a) Broadcasting
In generally banana crops broad casting methods are not followed .
b) Placement
It refers to the placement of fertilizers in soil at a specific place with or without
reference to the position of the seed.
Placement of fertilizers is normally recommended when the quantity of fertilizers to
apply is small, development of the root system is poor, soil have a low level of
fertility and to apply phosphatic and potassic fertilizer.
18. Methods of fertilizer application
i) Plough sole placement
In this method, fertilizer is
placed at the bottom of the
plough furrow in a
continuous band during
the process of ploughing.
19. Methods of fertilizer application
ii) Deep placement
It is the placement of ammoniacal nitrogenous fertilizers in the
reduction zone of soil particularly in paddy fields, where
ammoniacal nitrogen remains available to the crop.
This method ensures better distribution of fertilizer in the root
zone soil and prevents loss of nutrients by run-off.
20. Methods of fertilizer application
iii) Localized placement
It refers to the application of fertilizers into the soil close to the seed
or plant in order to supply the nutrients in adequate amounts to the
roots of growing plants.
The common methods to place fertilizers close to the seed or plant
are as follows:
21. Methods of fertilizer application
a) Drilling
• In this method, the fertilizer is applied at the time of sowing by
means of a seed-cum-fertilizer drill.
• This places fertilizer and the seed in the same row but at different
depths.
• Although this method has been found suitable for the application
of Phosphotic and Potassic fertilizers in cereal crops, but sometimes
germination of seeds and young plants may get damaged due to
higher concentration of soluble salts.
22. Methods of fertilizer application
b) Side dressing
It refers to the spread of fertilizer in between the rows and around
the plants. The common methods of side-dressing are
Placement of nitrogenous fertilizers by hand in between the rows of
crops like maize, sugarcane, cotton etc., to apply additional doses of
nitrogen to the growing crops and
Placement of fertilizers around the trees like mango, apple, grapes,
papaya etc.
23. Methods of fertilizer application
c) Band placement
• If refers to the placement of fertilizer in bands.
• Band placement is of two types.
i) Hill placement
It is practiced for the application of fertilizers in orchards. In this
method, fertilizers are placed close to the plant in bands on one
or both sides of the plant.
The length and depth of the band varies with the nature of the
crop.
24. Methods of fertilizer application
ii) Row placement
When the crops like sugarcane, potato, maize, cereals etc., are sown
close together in rows, the fertilizer is applied in continuous bands on one
or both sides of the row, which is known as row placement.
d) Pellet application
It refers to the placement of nitrogenous fertilizer in the form of pellets 2.5
to 5 cm deep between the rows of the paddy crop.
The fertilizer is mixed with the soil in the ratio of 1:10 and made small
pellets of convenient size to deposit in the mud of paddy fields.
25. Methods of fertilizer application
When the fertilizer is placed, there is minimum contact between the
soil and the fertilizer, and thus fixation of nutrients is greatly reduced.
The weeds all over the field can not make use of the fertilizers.
Residual response of fertilizers is usually higher.
Utilization of fertilizers by the plants is higher.
Loss of nitrogen by leaching is reduced
Being immobile, phosphates are better utilized when placed.
27. Methods of fertilizer application
a) Starter solutions
It refers to the application of solution of N, P2O5 and K2O in the ratio
of 1:2:1 and 1:1:2 to young plants at the time of transplanting,
particularly for vegetables.
Starter solution helps in rapid establishment and quick growth of
seedlings.
The disadvantages of starter solutions are
• Extra labour is required, and
• the fixation of phosphate is higher
28. Methods of fertilizer application
b) Foliar application
It refers to the spraying of fertilizer solutions containing one or more nutrients on
the foliage of growing plants.
Several nutrient elements are readily absorbed by leaves when they are dissolved
in water and sprayed on them.
The concentration of the spray solution has to be controlled, otherwise serious
damage may result due to scorching of the leaves.
Foliar application is effective for the application of minor nutrients like iron,
copper, boron, zinc and manganese. Sometimes insecticides are also applied along
with fertilizers.
29. Methods of fertilizer application
c) Application through irrigation water (Fertigation)
• It refers to the application of water soluble fertilizers through
irrigation water.
• The nutrients are thus carried into the soil in solution.
• Generally nitrogenous fertilizers are applied through irrigation
water.
30. Methods of fertilizer application
d) Injection into soil
Liquid fertilizers for injection into the soil may be of either pressure
or non-pressure types.
Non-pressure solutions may be applied either on the surface or in
furrows without appreciable loss of plant nutrients under most
conditions.
Anhydrous ammonia must be placed in narrow furrows at a depth
of 12-15 cm and covered immediately to prevent loss of ammonia
31. Methods of fertilizer application
e) Aerial application
In areas where ground application is not practicable, the fertilizer solutions are
applied by aircraft particularly in hilly areas, in forest lands, in grass lands or in
sugarcane fields etc.
32. There are three ways of using these N
fixing/P.S.M. bacteria.
Methods of fertilizer application
33. S.No. Method of
Application
Crops Dose/
packets
/Acre
Water Ratio
BF
water
Soil
1 Root dip
application
All crops 200g
bio-
fertilizer
s
400 ml 1:2 ***
2 sucker /set
treatment
Sets of
sugarcane
base of
banana
1 or 2kg 50 or
100
litres
1:50 ***
3 Soil
application
All crops 2 kg for
wetting
*** 40-
50kg
Methods of fertilizer application
34. Methods of fertilizer application
Sucker treatment
• Sucker treatment is a most common method adopted for all types of
inoculants.
• The sucker treatment is effective and economic.
• The coating can be done in a plastic bucket . For this purposes, a plastic
bucket or big can be used.
• Solutions can be used as sticker add @15-25 ml/kg
• The bucket have to filled with 10% sugar solution or 40% Gum Arabic or
synthetic glue or glues of vegetable or animal origin or honey or mineral oil
or peanut oil or soybean oil or 10% molasses or tice starch etc.
• The use of sticker is in view of to increase the amount of inoculants that
will adhere to sucker so that number of rhizobia on the each sucker must
retain higher population i.e. 103
to 106
.
35. Methods of fertilizer application
Root Dipping
• The required quantity of Azospirillum has to be mixed with 5-10 ltr of water
at one corner of the field and all the plants have to kept for minimum ½ an
hour before plating.
Soil Application
Mix 4 kg each of biofertilizers in 200 kg of compost and leave it overnight.
Apply this mixture in the soil at the time of sowing or planting.
In plantation crops apply this mixture near root zone and cover with soil.