🌾 Developed by ICAR-CRRI (Central Rice Research Institute)
RiceNXpert helps farmers manage nitrogen application in rice fields through leaf colour analysis — improving yield and crop health while cutting down on guesswork and over-fertilization.
About RiceNXpert
RiceNxpert is a smart agriculture solution developed by ICAR-National Rice Research Institute. It helps farmers in nitrogen management and disease detection to ensure better yield and crop health.
Instead of relying on guesswork, farmers capture a photo of the rice leaf, and the app analyzes its colour to recommend the right nitrogen dressing at the right time — directly from their phone.
How It Works
Leaf colour is monitored from 21 days after transplanting (or 28 days after sowing) at a weekly interval, up to flowering.
Take leaf readings in the morning, between 8–10 AM, for consistent results.
Choose ten topmost, fully expanded leaves at random from disease-free plants.
Photograph each leaf — the app analyzes its colour to assess nitrogen status.
Receive a nitrogen dressing recommendation and track it in your session history.
Features
Capture leaf images and get an instant colour-based reading using your phone's camera.
Get clear nitrogen dressing guidance based on your crop's ecology and growth stage.
Track every session and review your farm's nitrogen management history over time.
Supports different cultivation ecologies and dressing schedules for varied field conditions.
Simple, secure sign-up and login to keep your farm data tied to your account.
A step-by-step in-app walkthrough helps new users get comfortable fast.
See It In Action
The Team
RiceNXpert was created by researchers at ICAR-CRRI (Central Rice Research Institute), Cuttack.
Principal Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Principal Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Principal Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Principal Scientist
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Junior Research Fellow
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Senior Research Fellow
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Research Associate
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
Research Professor & Director
NIBIO, Norway
Director
ICAR-CRRI, Cuttack
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Research Citation
Nayak AK, Tripathi R, Mohanty S, Shahid Md, Besra B, Panda BB, Priyadarsani S, Mohapatra SD, Sarangi DR, Saha S, Kar S, Swain R, Rajak M, Moharana KC, Swain CK, Nagothu US and Pathak H 2019 riceNxpert Computer Software Google Play Store App. ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India, 14 November 2019.