Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
K Vishwanath, AB Narayanareddy, K Shruthi and HM Atheekur Rehaman

Abstract:
Direct seeding (DSR) is the process of establishing a rice crop from seeds sown in the field rather than by transplanting seedlings from the nursery and it gaining importance because of its low-input demand. It offers certain advantages viz., it saves labour, water, less drudgery, early crop maturity, low production cost, better soil physical conditions for following crops and less methane emission, provides better option to be the best fit in different cropping systems. However, all rice varieties are not suitable for this practice, hence, the study was conducted using 22 high yielding rice varieties to verify their suitability to establish crop through direct seeding. The results revealed the better performance of variety PHB-71 with respect to crop establishment and grain yield followed by KRH-4. Least performance was observed in Raksha both in puddled as well as in aerobic conditions.