Water Management Systems and Rice Yields Under Humid Tropical Conditions in Puerto Rico
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Silva, S., Vicente-Chandler, J., & Abruña, F. (1983). Water Management Systems and Rice Yields Under Humid Tropical Conditions in Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 67(4), 386–389. https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v67i4.7732

Abstract

High rice yields of 7,020 kg of rough rice/ha were produced when seed was disced into the soil followed by permanent flooding. Similarly high yields of 6,830 kg/ha were produced with the same planting method when 5 cm of irrigation water was applied weekly without permanent flooding. When pregerminated rice was seeded in permanently flooded land, however, significantly lower yields of 5,300 kg/ha were obtained, probably because of several conditions: the adverse effects of algae, a less even stand of seedlings caused by floating germinated seed, earlier lodging of the plants, and also possibly, heavier losses of fertilizer nitrogen.
https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v67i4.7732
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