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Mechanization in crop establishment

Paddy transplanters

Advantages:

• Less labour intensive operation (Transplanting consumes 33 per cent of total labour required in rice production)
• Helps in line transplanting
• Easy weeding and intercultural operations

Self-propelled paddy transplanter

 

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Dapog Method of Nursery

• Followed in Philippines
• Introduced in India (adopted by some farmers in Andhra Pradesh)
• It is a portable paddy nursery. Paddy seed­ling can be raised within 2 weeks without affecting its quality.
• Area - 40 - 50 sq. m to cover one hectare of land.

Procedure:

Transplanting of paddy seedlings

Agriclimatic Zone [4, 5 & 6]

Varieties and season

Northern Dry Zone 

. Recommended Rice varieties for different agro climatic zones of Karnataka

High yielding rice varieties developed at CRRI for upland ecosystem

Rice varieties notified from 1996 to 2007 in different states and their salient features 

Rice varieties notified from 1996 to 2007 in different states and their salient features