Spacing cum fertilizer investigation on rice variety, Mashuri, in the Onattukara tract

Abstract

With a view to investigate the influence of different fertilizer levels, spacings and their combinations on the growth and yield of rice variety, Mashuri, in the sandy loam tracts of Onattukara, an experiment was conducted at the Rice Research Station, Kayamkulam, during the second crop season of the year, 1981-82. The response of the variety to four fertilizer levels (50 : 25 : 25, 60:30:30, 70:35:35 and 80:40:40 kg/ha NPK), four spacings (10cm X 5 cm, 10cm x 10 cm, 15 cm x 10 cm and 20 cm x 1o cm) and their combinations was studied. The experiment was laid out in randomised block design , as a 4 x 4 factorial experiment with three replications.