Puddled Soil Settling Period and Seedling Age Affect Growth, Productivity and Economic Benefits of Mechanically Transplanted Rice
Ali Zohaib1*, Muzzammil Hussain2, Ishtiaq Hassan3, Muhammad Tahir Latif2, Tahira Tabassum1 and Naeem Faisal2
1Cereals and Pulses Section, Agronomic Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad 38850, Pakistan; 2Adaptive Research Farm, Gujranwala 52200, Pakistan; 3Directorate General Agriculture (Extension and Adaptive Research) Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
*Correspondence | Ali Zohaib, Cereals and Pulses Section, Agronomic Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad 38850, Pakistan; Email:
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Figure 1:
Effect of puddled soil settling period and seedling age on number of filled hills (a-b), missing hills (c-d) and transplanting efficiency (e-f) of mechanically transplanted rice. Bars are means ± SE (n=3). Bars having same letters don’t differ significantly at P < 0.05.
Figure 2:
Effect of puddled soil settling period and seedling age on number of productive tillers m-2 (a-b) and grain yield (c-d) of mechanically transplanted rice. Bars are means ± SE (n=3). Bars having same letters don’t differ significantly at P < 0.05.