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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.