Impact of establishment methods, variety and crop spacing on rice (Oryza sativa) productivity using drip irrigation
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S VALLAL KANNAN
Coastal Saline Research Centre, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
Keywords:
Crop geometry, Drip irrigation, Method of establishment, Water productivity, Water use efficiencyAbstract
An experiment was conducted during during winter (rabi) season of 2018–2021 at Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur, Tamil Nadu to develop a compendium technology for a drip irrigation system by combining suitable establishment methods along with variety and spacing to achieve productivity enhancement in rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity and efficiency enhancement in a drip irrigation system. The experiment was laid out in a split-split plot design (SSPD) replicated thrice. Two methods of the establishment of direct seeding in a raised bed and transplanting in a flatbed was the main plot treatment; three medium duration of ADT 54, TKM 13 and CR 1009 sub-1variety was the sub plot treatment; and three different spacing of 20 cm × 10 cm, 20 cm × 20 cm, and 25 cm × 25 cm was the sub-sub plot treatment. Results revealed that direct seeded rice in a raised bed by using TKM 13 at 20 cm × 20 cm combined with recommended agronomic practices for medium duration variety is the best compendium technology for achieving the higher productive tillers of 375/m2, number of filled grains of 45,375/m2, grain yield of 6,080 kg/ha, net return of ₹64,059/ha, Benefit: Cost ratio (B:C) of 2.37 in addition to the water use efficiency of 6.61 kg/ha-mm and water productivity of ₹10.57/m3 in drip method of irrigation system in rice cultivation.
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