Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Kajal Verma, UP Singh, Anurag Upadhyay, Nikhil Kumar Singh, Ashish Kumar Srivastva and Sudhanshu Singh

Abstract:
A field experiment was carried out at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India during Kharif seasons of 2017 and 2018 to evaluate the performance of crop establishment methods i.e. Puddled transplanted, Direct drill seeding on flat bed, Direct seeding on raised bed-FIRB (furrow irrigated raised bed) and Stress Tolerant Rice Varieties (STRVs) i.e. DRR42, DRR44, Sukha dhan 5, Sukha dhan 6, Sarjoo 52 under rainfed stress-prone upland rice environment of eastern India. Result revealed that crop establishment methods and STRVs have significant effect on growth, yield attributes and yield. Direct seeding on raised bed registered significantly higher growth attributes and yield over the conventional method of crop establishment, however its performance was at par with direct drill seeding on flat. Among the tested STRVs, DRR 44 and DRR 42 produced significantly higher growth characters, yield attributes and yield over other varieties. From this experimentation, it can be concluded that establishment of rice by direct seeding on raised bed/direct drill seeding on flat with stress tolerant rice varieties DRR 44/DRR42 should be practiced for better growth, stress tolerance and higher yield under rainfed stress-prone upland rice environment of Eastern India.