Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences(An International Journal)
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Production potential and quality of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties as influenced by date of transplanting in Southern Telangana

  • Author:
  • RL Meena1, Vpraveen Rao, Aanandi Laljat2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 55 to 57

1National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Regional Centre, Udaipur (Rajasthan), India

2Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005 (Uttar Pradesh), India

Department of Agronomy, Agricultural Research Institute, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030 (Telangana), India

Online published on 29 October, 2014.

Abstract

A field experiment was undertaken at Hyderabad, Telangana during kharif 2010 to study the effect of date of transplanting and varieties on production potential and quality of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Early planting (23rd July) recorded significantly higher yield and yield attributing characters, viz. panicles (338.3 no. m−2), spikelets panicle−1 (176.7), test weight (18.7 g) and grain yield (6.23 t ha−1), while sterility % (14.2) was lowest under 5th August planting. Variety MTU 1010 registered higher grain yield (5.98 t ha−1) and yield attributing characters, viz. panicle (341.3 no. m−2), lowest sterility % (13.4), test weight (28.8 g) and harvest index (0.48) over other varieties, viz. RNR 2354, RNR 2458 and JGL 384. On the other hand, the drastic changes in rice quality before and after cooking were also noted with planting date and varieties.

Keywords

Dates of transplanting, Oryza sativa, Quality, Production potential, Rice, Varieties