Manure  and fertilizer application Method :

1. Broadcasting : Spread uniformly over the entire field , convenient and cheapest method.

2. Top dressing :

• Application of fertilizers to the standing crop , Nitrogenous fertilizers in rice. Fertilizers should be applied after drying of dew .
• If the leaves are wet during top dressing , Scorching or burning of leaves may occur.

3. Drilling :

• Placement of fertilizers in sub-soil layer by the help of plough having special attachment for drilling fertilizers.
• The bottom of the attachment is joined to the bottom of the plough and through is  fertilizer is drilled.

4. Banding : This method is suitable for upland condition where fertilizers are placed 5 cm below the seed and 3-5 cm to the side of row.

5. Side dressing :

• This method is also suitable for upland condition where fertilizers are placed along the rows after upland rice have started growing.
• Nitrogenous fertilizers are generally side dressed in upland rice.

6. Ball or pellet method :

• This method is useful in low land rice where small balls of convient size are made and deposited into the soft mud field of rice at the depth of 8-10 cm between rows. Super granules or sulfur coated urea are also found.
• For increasing yield with minimum , foliar application method is generally  used for loss of N.

7. Foliar Application :

• Application of fertilizers solutions containing one or more nutrients on the foliage of growing plants.
• Can be done by using knapsack sprayer.

8. Fertigation :

• It refers to the application of water soluble fertilizers through irrigation water.