Evaluation of different methods for reducing percolation loss of water in rice fields

Abstract

Afield experiment was conducted in a sandy loam soil of the Agronomic Research Station, Chalakudy for five years (1974-'80 to study the efficiency of puddling with different implements (power tiller, country plough and wetland puddler), soil dressing with lateritic,loam and sub-soil compaction at 30 cm depth in reducing percolation loss in rice fields. The study showed that these methods neither effectively reduced the water loss nor influenced the grain yield.