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Introduction to Agriculture         Notes prepared by: Aqleem Abbas


               Store in gunny bags on cemented floor in cool and dry places.
               Yield


                                     1500 to2200 kg per hectare.
                                     Potential 7000 kg per hectare.

               Cultivars


                                     Kissan 92, azam, shaheen, Khyber, neelum, akbar.
                                     Diseases

               Seed rot and seedling blight.


               Root and stalk blight

               Leaf spots

               Ear and kernel rot

               Smut

               Insects or pests

               Borers, armyworms and shoot flies.

                                          PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF RICE

                                     Scientific name     Oryza sativa
                                     Local name      chawal
                                     Mode of pollination    self pollinated crops
                                     Photoperiod   short day plant
                                     Growing season   kharif
                                     Also called summer kharif crop.

               Class monocot

               Pady    grain plus hull

               Rice milled rice after dehulling

               Root seminal plus adventitious

               Seminal

               That root directly develops from seed.


               Adventitious

               Develop from first internodes above seeds.
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