M. Ashraf
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A. Khalid
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K. Ali
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ABSTRACT
Two field experiments were carried out in saline soil receiving fertilizers NPK @ 130-75-75 kg ha-1, respectively, to see the effect of seedling age and number of seedling hill-1 on rice growth and yield. Rice seedlings of 25-, 35- and 55-day-old were transplanted in puddled field. Results revealed that seedlings of 25- to 35-day-old produced significantly higher number of tillers and productive tillers hill-1, paddy and straw yields compared with 55-day-old seedlings. In the second experiment, transplanting of two and three seedlings hill-1 of 35-day-old gave more promising results compared with one and four seedlings. Two seedlings hill-1 caused maximum increase in plant height, straw and paddy yield while more number of tillers and productive tillers were recorded with three seedlings hill-1.
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M. Ashraf, A. Khalid and K. Ali, 1999. Effect of Seedling Age and Density on Growth and Yield of Rice in Saline Soil . Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 860-862.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.1999.860.862
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.1999.860.862
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.1999.860.862
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.1999.860.862