Plant Production Science
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Agronomy
Nitrogen and Potassium Fertility Impacts on Aggregate Sheath Spot Disease and Yields of Rice
Bruce A. LinquistEric ByousGrace JonesJohn F. WilliamsJohan SixWilliam HorwathChris van Kessel
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2008 Volume 11 Issue 2 Pages 260-267

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Aggregate sheath spot (AgSS), a disease caused by Rhizoctonia oryzae-sativae, is one of the major rice (Oryza sativa L.) diseases in California. A three year study was initiated in 1998 to evaluate the effect of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) fertility on the severity of AgSS. A field with a history of AgSS was divided in two: in one the straw was incorporated and in the other the straw was removed. Rice was fertilized annually with five rates of N ranging from 0 to 200kg ha-1 (main plot) and six rates of K ranging from 0 to 125kg ha-1 (sub-plot). Soil K levels in both fields declined over time and by the third year, soil K was below the critical level of 60μg K g-1 soil in both fields. There was a grain yield response to K fertilizer in all 3 years in the field where straw was removed and in the third year when straw was incorporated. Where there was a significant response to K fertilization, yields increased by 560kg ha-1. In all fields and years there was a significant yield response to N fertilizer. AgSS severity decreased with increasing N and K fertilizer rates and leaf N and K concentrations at panicle initiation. Furthermore, the leaf N concentration required for maximum rice yields was lower than the leaf N concentration which resulted in the lowest severity of AgSS.

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