Abstract

                                The yields of rice in India have been proverbially low when compared to those obtained in other countries. This can be attributed to the lack of varieties which respond to high levels of nitrogenous fertilizers and resist lodging. Many of the popular varieties of paddy are weak-strawed and they either do not respond in terms of increased grain yield to added nitrogen or respond only to modest levels. One of the possible ways to increase the paddy yields is to grow high yielding and higher fertilizer responsive varieties, besides adopting better agronomical practices.

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