9. Staggered planting rice cultivation

Thematic area : Rice varieties for unfavourable condition
Year of release : Under pipe line
Details of the technology :
Variety : Gitesh
Characteristics : Semi dwarf
Duration : 150 _ 155 days
Grain character : Medium slender
Sowing time : June
Seed rate : 40 kg per ha.
Space between lines : 20 cm (Normal planting)
Space between rows : 20 cm (Normal planting)
Space between lines : 20 cm (Delayed planting)
Space between rows : 15 cm (Delayed planting)
Seed treatment : Mancozeb @ 2.5 g/kg or Captan @ 2.5 g/kg
Land preparation : Thoroughly Puddled Ssoil
Manuring : 10 tons per ha is desirable
Fertilization : 40 : 20 : 20 kg (N : P₂O₅ : K₂O) per ha
Harvesting time : November-December
Pest management : (Annexure II)
Disease management : (Annexure III)
Farming situations : Flood and drought prone situations
Agro-climatic zones : North Bank Plain Zone, Upper Brahmaputra
Valley Zone, Central Brahmaputra Valley
Zone, Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone and
Barak Valley Zone
Source of technology : Regional Agricultural Research Station
Assam Agricultural University
Titabar _ 781 360, Assam
Source of critical inputs : Annexure _ I
Benefit Cost Ratio : 1.66:1
Observations to be recorded :
i) Temperature
ii) Rainfall
iii) Date of sowing
iv) Date of transplanting
v) Days to 50% flowering
vi) Plant height
vii) Number of Ear bearing tillers/m²
viii) Grain per panicles
ix) Pest infestation
x) Disease infection
xi) Grain yield
xii) Farmers' reaction
Technology assessments (Matrices) : Annexure _ IV.