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Popular rice varieties differ widely in their nitrogen use efficiency

The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has expressed concern over the wide variations among popular rice varieties in their ability to use nitrogen, noting that the issues raised in The Hindu report titled "Study fin...