Performance of Rice Crop under Direct Seeded And Transplanted Method in Central Punjab

Field experiments were conducted at Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab to study the effect of planting methods on yield and yield contributing characteristics of rice crop during kharif 2021 and 2022. The experiments comprise of two dates of sowing (20th May and 30th May), two rice varieties (PR 126 and PR 128) and two planting methods, puddled transplanted rice (PTR) and direct seeded rice (DSR). The highest LAI and tiller number was in PTR method compared to DSR method. The variety PR 128 attained highest LAI and tiller numbers compared to variety PR 126 in both the seasons. Significant difference in grain yield was observed with delay in sowing between 20th May and 30th May. Significantly higher grain yield (8.1 t/ha) was recorded in variety PR 128 as compared to variety PR 126 (6.8 t/ha). The yield contributing characteristics were also significantly higher in 30th May sown crop (variety PR 128), under PTR as compared to DSR. The crop sown in PTR method gave significantly higher grain yield (8.0 t/ha) as compared to DSR method (6.9 t/ha).