Varietal Efficacy of Lentil on Nitrogen uptake under Tripura Condition
Anandika Kar
College of Agriculture Tripura, Lembucherra, Tripura (799 210), India
Utpal Giri*
College of Agriculture Tripura, Lembucherra, Tripura (799 210), India
Debashish Sen
College of Agriculture Tripura, Lembucherra, Tripura (799 210), India
Niladri Paul
College of Agriculture Tripura, Lembucherra, Tripura (799 210), India
Vinodakumar S. Naik
Multi Technology Testing Centre & Vocational Training Centre, Central Agricultural University, College of Fisheries, Tripura, Lembucherra, Tripura (799 210), India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54083/IF/8.1.2023/42-46
Keywords: Lens culinaris, Lentil, Nitrogen, Nitrogen budget, Tripura, Varietal efficacy
Abstract
For millions of people, lentil (Lens culinaris Medik. sub sp. culinaris) is considered to be a staple and a nutrient-dense diet. At the experimental farm of College of Agriculture Tripura, a field experiment was carried out to study the varietal efficacy of nitrogen uptake by lentil crop under Tripura condition. A complete randomised block design was employed to evaluate sixteen different lentil types and the results were reproduced three times. The IPL-534 (27.47 kg ha-1) variety reported the maximum nitrogen uptake closely followed by BARI Masoor-5 (23.45 kg ha-1) and the minimum nitrogen uptake was recorded by C23E21 variety (4.48 kg ha-1). The maximum available nitrogen was found in soil of Moitri variety and ILL-10893 variety (376.3 kg ha-1) closely followed by BARI Masoor-7 variety, C23E21 variety and L4717 variety (351.2 kg ha-1) whereas the minimum available nitrogen were found in the soil of IPL-534 variety (225.7 kg ha-1). The highest uptake of nitrogen from soil was recorded by IPL-534 variety as well as it also recorded the least expected nitrogen. Hence, nitrogen availability in soil was also significantly affected by different varieties of lentil. Though, the IPL-534 variety shows the greater efficacy of nitrogen among all the varieties that were tested. Hence, nitrogen budget states that some of the varieties have experienced an overall net gain in nitrogen, whereas the remaining varieties experienced an overall net loss in nitrogen.
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