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.