Madras Agricultural Journal
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Response of IR 8 Rice to Direct Seeding and Transplanting at Three Levels of Nitrogen

Abstract

                                A field experiment was conducted during kharif 1970 to compare the efficiency between transplanting and direct seeding of IR. 8 rice under three levels of nitrogen (125 175 and 225 kg/ha). The findings indicated that direct seeding was better than trans- planting because of early maturity and higher yield. There was response upto the maxi mum dose of nitrogen adopted. The cost of cultivation between methods did not vary significantly

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