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VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4 (DECEMBER 2021)

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M – 00271Research Article

Effect of the Biofertilizer (Azolla pinnata) in Combination with Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Rice

Mohamad Izdzuan bin Mohamad Khair1, Elisa Azura Azman*2, Roslan Ismail3,
Muhammad NaimFadzli Abdul Rani4

1Program Agronomi & Sistem Pengeluaran, Pusat Penyelidikan Padi dan Beras, Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia. Email: izdzuan@mardi.gov.my | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-5127

2Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.

Email: elisa@upm.edu.my | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7213-6682

3Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.

Email: roslanismail@upm.edu.my | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0219-5393

4Program Agronomi & Sistem Pengeluaran, Pusat Penyelidikan Padi dan Beras, Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Malaysia. Email: naim@mardi.gov.my | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-2831

*Corresponding Author

Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4(4): 59-75. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040405

Received: 13 October 2021

Reviewed: 29 November 2021

Provisionally Accepted: 30 November 2021

Revised: 10 December 2021

Finally Accepted: 15 December 2021

Published: 30 December 2021


                                    

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted at Malaysia Agriculture Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Seberang Perai, Penang (Malaysia), that aims to examine the impacts of the application of Azolla pinnata on the growth and performance of rice of the MR 297 variety. The experiment consisted of five treatments: PK + Azolla (T1); NP + Azolla (T2); NK + Azolla (T3); NPK-Control (T4), and Azolla only (T5). Each treatment had four replicates. The experimental design used was a complete randomized block design (RCBD), and all data collected were analyzed using one-way ANOVA with a statistically significant 0.05% test. For the average soil analysis between the beginning and end, all soil analyses showed decreased soil properties except total N and organic carbon. There is a significant effect on the tiller, panicles, yields, plant height, and SPAD value in crop growth performance. There was no significant effect on N and P among plant nutrients. In contrast, there was a significant treatment effect on K. This study concluded that the soil treated with NK + Azolla showed a comparable result with soil treated with inorganic fertilizer only for the total yield.

Keywords

Biofertilizer; Sustainable farming; Food security; Soil fertility; Plant nutrients

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Khair, M.I.M., Azman, E.A., Ismail, R. and Rani, M.N.F.A. (2021). Effect of the Biofertilizer (Azolla pinnata) in Combination with Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Rice. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4(4): 59-75. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040405

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Khair, M.I.M., Azman, E.A., Ismail, R., & Rani, M.N.F.A. (2021). Effect of the Biofertilizer (Azolla pinnata) in Combination with Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Rice. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4(4), 59-75. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040405

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Khair M.I.M., Azman E.A., Ismail R., Rani M.N.F.A.Effect of the Biofertilizer (Azolla pinnata) in Combination with Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Rice. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 2021, 4(4), 59-75. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040405

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Khair, Mohamad Izdzuan bin Mohamad, Azman, Elisa Azura, Ismail, Roslan, Rani, Muhammad NaimFadzli Abdul. 2021. “Effect of the Biofertilizer (Azolla pinnata) in Combination with Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Rice”. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4 no. 4: 59-75. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040405

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Khair, Mohamad Izdzuan bin Mohamad, Elisa Azura Azman, Roslan Ismail and Muhammad Naim Fadzli Abdul Rani. 2021. “Effect of the Biofertilizer (Azolla pinnata) in Combination with Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Rice”. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4(4): 59-75. https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.040405

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