Rice
Field preparation – No field preparation is required.
Pre-sowing herbicide management is done to clear the weeds in the field. Two
applications of glyphosate @ 1.0 kg ai/ha is recommended, first at 12-15 days
before sowing and second at 6-7 days before sowing.
Seeding time - Drill the dry seed of rice at the start of monsoon
i.e. when farmers put seed into nursery bed; May 3rd week to June 2nd
week is optimum.
Sowing – Rice
seeds are sown by using zero till seed-cum-fertilizer drill in line. The row to
row spacing was maintained at 20 cm. For sowing about 40 kg seeds per ha are
used.
Fertilizer application – Chemical fertilizer application at the rate of 80:40:40 kg NPK per ha is recommended. Full dose of PK and 25% of N is applied along with the sowing of seeds by zero till seed-cum-fertilizer drill.
Remaining 50% N is applied at maximum tillering and
25% at panicle initiation stage.
Weed management – Spray bispyribac sodium (30 g ha-1) at
8-10 days after emergence (DAE; 2-3 leaf stage of weeds) to suppress early
emergent grassy weeds and sedges. If there are new flashes of grassy weeds,
spray fenoxaprop-p-ethyl (60 g ha-1) at 25-28 DAE (3-4 leaf stage of
weeds).
Harvesting - Manual, leaving stubble 30 cm from the ground.