1AICRP, UAE CAET, Bhubaneswar
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 001(Odisha)
2Department of Agronomy CA, Bhubaneswar
3AICRIP RRTTS, Chiplima
A bullock drawn 8 row drum seeder has been developed by incorporating suitable modifications in the manual 8 row drum seeder to improve plant population stand under wet land rice cultivation system. The performance of the developed bullock drawn drum seeder was compared with the existing manual drum seeder and four other methods of rice establishment i.e. manual three row mechanical transplanter, line transplanting using rope and guide; often considered as Researcher's method, SRI method and manual random transplanting as control. The performance of bullock drawn drum seeder was found superior to other methods of paddy establishment with respect to labour requirement, cost of operation, plant growth and yield parameters. The highest B: C ratio of 2.26 was found out in case of bullock drawn drum seeder with cost of operation being Rs 1275/-per ha. Among the six methods of paddy establishment under wet land condition, highest grain and straw yield of 51.8 q/ha and 67.3q/ha, respectively were recorded in case of the developed bullock drawn drum seeder. The small and marginal farmers of the state would be substantially benefited by using the bullock drawn drum seeder considering the lower cost of cultivation, labour and drudgery involvement; yet obtaining higher grain and straw yield.
Drum seeder, Cost of operation, transplanting, labour requirement
