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Rice (Zero-till direct sowing rice; ZT-DSR)

Seed treatment – It is done with bavistine at the rate of 2 g/kg seed and Imidacloropid 70 WS at the rate of 5 g/kg seed.

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 NPK 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) 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) at 25-28 DAE (3-4 leaf stage of weeds).

Harvesting - Manual, leaving stubble 30 cm from the ground.