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Comparative efficiency of different planting methods in intermediate deepwater (15–50 cm) rice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. D. Reddy
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Deepwater Rice, Agronomy Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India
B. C. Ghosh
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Deepwater Rice, Agronomy Division, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India

Summary

In rainfed lowland rice areas of intermediate deepwater (15–50 cm), transplanting in greater depths of water (50–60 cm) with clonal tillers (double transplanting) from 20 or 40- to 50-day-old-transplanted crops of similar environment increased grain yield significantly compared with seedlings of the same age (60 or 80- to 90-day-old) from a nursery. The grain yield did not decrease significantly when the clonal tillers were removed at 20 or 40 days after transplanting compared with that of the undisturbed crop. The practice of double transplanting (clonal propagation) increased tiller production and the number of panicles, and the crop could tolerate better the greater depths of water and thereby give greater grain yield.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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