EFFECT OF SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION AND ORGANIC MANURE ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.)Medha Shreya and Victor DebbarmaAbstract A field experiment was conducted at Crop Research Farm during Kharif season 2022, Department of Agronomy, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The objective was to study the effect of System of Rice Intensification and organic manure on growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.). The result showed that treatment six (T6) [25 cm x 25 cm + FYM (18t/ha)] recorded significantly higher plant height (86.73 cm), maximum number of tiller/plant (21.77), plant dry weight (29.98 g), crop growth rate at 80 -100 days after transplant (DAT) (4.98 g/m2/day), relative growth rate at 80 -100 DAT (0.0146 g/g/day), higher number of panicles /plant (13.33) higher number of grains / panicle (155.67) higher test weight (24.92g), higher grain yield (5.73t/ha), higher straw yield (6.13 t/ha) harvest index (48.24%) compared to other treatment combination. |