Paddy scientific name- Oryza sativa.
South India is center of origin
It belongs poaceae family
Chromosome no.2n =25.
Temperature: Average temperature 21 to 37 degree Celsius
Clay loams soil most suited
Ph range between 5.5-6.5
There are different methods of rice cultivation:
1.Aerobic rice cultivation
2.alternative wetting and drying
3.low land rice
4.cultivation through drip irrigation
5.deep water rice
6.upland rice cultivation
Seed rate -60 kg behind the plough or driling
Broadcasting 100kg seed/ha
Fertilizer application in dry and rainfed upland cultivation
60kg of N,30kg of P,30kg of k
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