Medium duration Surekha, Kavya Saleem, Rajavadlu Vikas, Prasanna
Erramallelu, IR -64 RNR -4044.
Warangal area of STZ
Short duration
Tellahamsa
Satya (RNR – 1446)
Rasi (IET – 1444)
Pothana, Rajendra
ii) Cut-off dates
Sowing during IInd fortnight of November
Sowing first week of December to 3rd week of December.
iii) Age of seedlings
35-40 days
35-40 days
iv) Spacing (cm)
15x15
15x10
v) * Fertilizer (N:P:K)
120:60:40
120:60:40
Zinc sulphate
If deficiency was noticed in kharif but not applied to soil
50 kg ha-1
50 kg ha-1
* Apply 1/3 N each at last puddling, tillering and panicle
initiation in heavy soils.
Apply ¼ N each at last puddling, tillering (active), maximum
tillering and panicle initiation in light soils.
vi) Weed control :
Apply 0.8 kg knock weed or 1.0kg Butachlor or 0.4kg
Anilophos per hectare between 4 to 6 days after planting.
vii) Pest and Disease Management
Insect Pest
Recommendations
Nursery
Gallmidge, stem borer, thrips, whorl magget and
rice hispa
Carbofuran 3G @ 33 kg/ha (or) Phorate 10G 10kg/ha at 10 days
after sowing (or) Monocrotophos 36 WSC @ 1.6ml/l at 10 and 15
days after sowing. Monocrotophos (or) carbofuran 3G 2.5kg dose
nursery sufficient to transplant 1ha at 5 days before pulling.
Seed treatment with carbendazim 50 WP (Bavistin), for dry seed
treatment (use 4g/kg seed). For wet seed treatment soak the seed
for 12-24 hrs in 0.1% (1g/l) solution. Avoid excess N application
and delay N top dressing if disease is found in epidemic form.
Spray tricyclazole 0.6g/l or Carbendazim 50 WPl g/l or ediphenphos
50 EC l ml/l. Avoid using same chemical repeatedly.
Sheath Blight
Avoid excess nitrogen and close planting. Propiconazole 1ml/l
or Hexaconazole 2ml/l or Validamycin 2ml/l of water starting with
disease appearance and 2nd at 15 days later.
Brown spot
Use disease free seed. Carbendazim 50 WP @ 1g/l or ediphenphos
50EC @ 1ml/l at early heading and 15 days later.
Bacterial leaf Blight
Grow resistant varieties like swarna. Skip N top dressing if
disease is noticed.
The spray fluid should be 500 l/ha at boot leaf to grain
hardening stage and 350 – 400 l/ha upto boot leaf stage.
