Expert Advisory Details

Advisory for the farmers growing Rice

RICE- Keep water standing in paddy field only for 2 weeks and thereafter apply irrigation 2 days after the ponded water has infiltrated into soil.

• Apply second 1/3 dose of nitrogen 21 days after transplanting.
• In transplanted rice, apply second and third dose of 30 kg urea per acre each after 3 and 6 weeks of transplanting. The third split to short duration (PR 126 and PR 124) should be applied at 35 days of transplanting.
• Start transplanting of basmati varieties CSR 30, Basmati 370, Basmati 386 and Pusa Basmati 1509 during the period.
• To check foot rot of Basmati rice, dip the seedlings roots for 6 hrs with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15 g/litre of water before transplanting.