R. Srinivasa Rao, K. Nagaswathi and P. Jaganmohanrao
Abstract
Theon-farm demonstration was conducted in farmersââ¬â¢ field of Khammam District, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana state during kharif season of 2018, 2019, and 2020. Theon-farm demonstration results revealed that the significant improvement on both growth and yield attributes continuously in three (2018-2020) years and pooled respectively. The maximum growth and yield in terms of plant height (94.4, 97.6, 93.6 and 95.2 cm), no of effective tillers plant-1 (16.6, 17.4, 15.7 and 16.5), no of hills m-2 (25.0, 26.0, 25.0 and 25.3), no of panicles m-2 (346, 387, 321 and 351.3), no of filled grains (188, 193, 179 and 186.6), test weight (14.8, 15.7, 14.8 and 15.1), grain yield (6836, 7416, 6161 and 6804 kgha-1), straw yield (8874, 9120, 8537 and 8844 kg ha-1), harvest index (43.5, 44.8. 41.9 and 43.4) and economics were higher with machine transplanting method than farmersââ¬â¢ practice. Continuously in three years. The lowest plant height (86.7, 88.4, 85.3 and 86.4 cm), no of hills m-2 (21,22,22 and 21.6) no of panicles m-2 (258, 265, 245 and 256), no of filled grains (169, 176, 172 and 172), test weight (14.7, 14.9, 14.8 and 14.8), grain yield (6577, 6648, 5317 and 6180 kg ha-1), straw yield (8612, 8732, 8456 and 8600 kg ha-1), were recorded in farmersââ¬â¢practice under delayed transplanting condition with considerable limitations of aged nursery.