Presenter: Kapil Behal Audience: 3rd National SRI Symposium, TNAU, Coimbatore, India Subject Country: India

9. FARMER: KAPIL BEHAR HAYATNAGAR VILLAGE, GURDASPUR KHARIF 2008-09 AREA UNDER SRI: 1 ACRE VARIETY: PHB-71 Dr Amrik Singh 08/04/09 Parameter Farmer method SRI Date of nursery sowing 25/5/2008 25/5/2008 Date of transplanting 3/7/2008 6/6/2008 Date of harvesting 25/10/2008 13/10/2008 Weed control 1.2 ltr Butachlor 3 x use of conoweeder Farmyard manure (FYM) Nil 4 tons Fertilizer (Urea kg/acre) 110 kg 65 kg Productive tillers/m 2 307 395 No. of grains/panicle 385 415 Grains wt./panicle (g) 3.65 7.35 Length of panicle (cm) 29.70 31.12 Chaffy grain (%) 26 21 No. of plants/m 2 18 16 Grain yield (t/ha) 7.7 9.8 Duration (days) 139 136 No. of irrigations 25 (5 cm depth, standing water) 13 (2.5 cm depth – alt. drying and wetting)

10. Performance of SRI (Kharif 2008-09) Parameter PAU-201 PUSA-1121 Punjab Basmati No. 2 Non- SRI SRI Non- SRI SRI Non- SRI SRI No. of plants per m 2 19 16 20 16 18 16 No. of panicles per m 2 279 325 244 321 239 294 No. of grains per panicle 275 321 170 187 167 181 Wt. of 1000 grains (g) 30.1 32.2 30.3 35.7 28 28.1 Yield per 25 m 2 (kgs) 19.2 23.7 14.3 15.1 12 12.7

11. Benefits of SRI Seed requirement 75% less Water requirement 45-50 % less with greater resistance to water stress Fertilizer requirement 25%-40% less Head rice recovery 71-74% Maturity period Uniform Duration 8-10 days less Yield 20%-25% more Root systems and tillering Strong & profuse, resulting in lodging resistance Pest & disease management Development of resistance against foot rot in basmati rice Soil health Increase in microbiological activities Quality of grain Better