Agronomic response of aerobic rice to sowing dates and varieties / hybrids

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2012 to find out optimum date of sowing and variety / hybrids for aerobic rice. Earlier (6th July) sowing significantly recorded higher panicles / m2, panicle weight and grain yield over other two dates (19th and 30th July) of sowing. The variety MTU 1010 performed well across the dates of sowing and identified as most suitable variety for aerobic cultivation. KRH 2 was the most suitable hybrid for delayed sowing (19th July) recording similar grain yield as first date (6th July) of sowing. The monetary returns were also higher with first date of sowing and among varieties higher with MTU 1010 in aerobic rice.