D. Chandra et al., EFFECT OF DATE OF PLANTING AND SPACING ON GRAIN-YIELD AND QUALITY OF SCENTED RICE (ORYZA-SATIVA) VARIETIES IN WET SEASON IN COASTAL ORISSA, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 67(3), 1997, pp. 93-97
Effect of planting date and spacing was studied in wet season with 12
Basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties at Cuttack in alluvial soils
during 1991 and 1992 to find out their performance under 2 planting da
tes and spacings in relation to their yield and quality. The varieties
were 'Basmati 370' 'Kapurthala Basmati', 'Ranbir Basmati', 'Dehradun
Basmati', 'IET 11347', 'IET 8579', 'Pusa 615','Gaurav', 'CB II', 'Dubr
aj', 'Kalimuch' and 'Madhuri'; the dates of planting were 25 July 1991
, 5 September 1991, 25 July 1992 and 11 August 1992; and planting dens
ities were 20 cm x 15 cm (33 hills/m(2)) and 15 cm x 15 cm (44 hills/m
(2)). The scented rice varieties planted on 25 July gave significantly
higher yields of rough rice than those planted late on 5 September 19
91 (10%) or August 1992 (12%). When transplanted late, 4 out of 12 var
ieties gave higher yield, 5 gave lower yield and 3 gave similar yield.
States like West Bengal and Orissa also produce scented rice during t
he wet season, giving reasonably good yields when compared with 3.5-4.
0 tonnes/ha obtained from the traditionally scented-rice areas. The hi
ghest head-rice recovery was obtained from 'Dubraj' (61.48%) and the l
owest with 'CB II' (32.9%). Late-planted crop (11 August) gave higher
head-rice recovery than early-planted rice (25 July) during 1992.