March 2016

Enhancement of lodging resistance and productivity of rice using growth regulators at different nitrogen levels

Lodging of rice in Egypt reduces production and may be related to the agronomic practices. A 2-years field experiment was conducted at the Experimental Farm of Rice Research and Training Center, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt, during two growing summer seasons of 2013 and 2014 to study the effect of growth regulators application at different nitrogen levels on lodging resistance and productivity of Sakha102 rice cultivar....

Author(s): I. M. Hashem, E. S. Naeem, T. F. Metwally and H. M. El Sharkawi