Effect of age of seedlings and weed management under SRI on yield of rice

Planting of 10 or 15 days old seedlings did not differed significantly on grain yield of rice. Among weed management practices SRI method of planting with four times cono-weeding at 10 days interval starting from 10 days after transplanting recorded significantly higher grain yield (6003 kg/ha) and was found effective in weed control. However, pre-emergence application of butachlor + one hand weeding at 20 DAT was equally effective alternative weed control in SRI method of cultivation.