Technological deviations in scientific rice nursery raising: a study of Punjab

The study was conducted in the early rice transplantation pockets of Punjab to identify the main reason(s) for early transplantation of rice and to find out the technological deviations in the adoption of selected recommended rice cultivation practices in nursery raising. The data revealed that the major reasons for early rice transplantation were availability of uninterrupted supply of electricity at sowing time (87.41%) and less occurrence of insects and diseases (76.29%). A majority of the early rice growers (71.11%) used less than 6 kg of seed per acre. A significant majority of the respondents (who adopted seed treatment) had been using the recommended quantities of chemicals viz 10 g ceresan/Agallol and 1 g streptocycline per acre. A majority of the rice growers (71.11%) applied less than recommended dose of urea per acre in their rice nurseries. The early rice growers under study either used superphosphate or DAP; none of them used both.