Page 58 - Introduction to Agriculture by: Aqleem Abbas

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.