Rice is a universal crop and It is grown in all the continents except Antarctica, occupying 150 million ha, producing 573 million tons paddy with an average productivity of 3.83 tonnes/ha. Its cultivation is of immense importance to food security of Asia, where more than 90% of the global rice is produced and consumed.

1. Paddy
Rice is a universal crop and It is grown in all the continents except Antarctica, occupying 150 million
ha, producing 573 million tons paddy with an average productivity of 3.83 tonnes/ha. Its cultivation is
of immense importance to food security of Asia, where more than 90% of the global rice is produced
and consumed. The cultivation of Rice goes as far back as 1500 -800 BC and finds mention in the Yajur
Veda. According to historians, rice had been in cultivation in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in
Northern India, through Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Southern China. Rice is the main staple
food of more than half the world as well as of India.
India is world’s leading producer of white rice, accounting for 20 % of overall production. Rice is
India’s prominent crop, and staple food for the native population of eastern and southern part of the
country. The country has biggest area of fertile land under rice cultivation. Nuziveedu Seeds – Prime
Producer in Paddy Nuziveedu Seeds is already a master in varietal paddy production with a long list
of products and the main focus of the company is now on Hybrid paddy. Research ongoing to develop
new product lines suitable to different agro-climatic zones with characters like -
• Diverse grain qualities and types suitable to different categories
• Special and distinctive Taste parameters
• Varying maturity period
• Tolerance to various pests and diseases
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How to Grow
Preparation of Soil
• Paddy can be grown in any type of soil, which can retain moisture.
• Weeds can be avoided by preparation of the main field by ploughing, puddling and leveling land
before transplantation
Sowing
• To prepare seedling in the nursery bed with 200 sq m(5 cents) area for sowing 10 kgs seed/acre
for variety and 6 kg/ac for hybrid, the seedbed can be prepared through ploughing and puddling
Excess water can be drained out through preparation of 50 cm wide channels on all sides.
• 20 – 25 days seedlings with 2 seedlings per hill for varieties and 1 seedling/hill for hybrid may
be planted with at least 33 hills/sq m in Kharif and 44 hills/sq m in Rabi.
• For better sunlight and aeration to crop an alley of 20 cms for every 2 m of planting should be
provided with a shallow depth of 2-3 cms.
Fertilizer application
• Fertilizers 50:20:20 kg NPK per acre during kharif and 60:25:25 kg NPK/acre during Rabi is
generally recommended, but can be modified based on soil tests.
• 1/3rd Nit rogen fertilizers should be applied in the final puddling , approximately 30 days after

2. planting and at the primordial initiation (60-70) days after planting. While pudding the entire
phosphatic fertilizers can be applied @ 20 kg/ac during kharif and 25kg/ac during rubi.
• Potash @ 20kg/ac can be applied during pudding. In heavy soils Potash @ 20 kg/ac and in light
soils & Potash @ 25 kg/ac ac can be appied. It can be applied in spilt doses along with
Nitrogenous fertilizers.
• Zinc can be applied during alternative kharif season @ 20kg Znso4/ac in the final pudding
before planting. In saline areas, 100 kg Zinc Sulphate or 10 kg Chelated Zinc may be applied.
Irrigation
• For growing paddy crop, it is not necessary to have a water flooded field, but there should be
enough moisture in soil.
• Critical stages for irrigation are Tillering, Panicle initiation, Heading and Flowering
Crop Management
• Weed Control Weed growth can be prevented by applying 500 ml of Pretalachlor or 35 gms of
Topstar/acre 2-3 days after planting or 4 kg of Butachlor + 4 kg of 2, 4 – DEE/ acre can be
applied and mixed in 30 kg of sand 3-5 days after planting to prevent monocots and dicots if it
is a problem.
• For direct seeded rice pre-emergence application Pendimethalin 1 ltr. or Topstar 35 gms/acre
may be applied 3 days after sowing at adequate soil moisture. Pest Management – Stemborer
Choloropyriphos (1.5 ml) or Monocrotophos (1.6 ml) or Phosphamidon (2.0 ml) or Acephate
(1.5g) or Cartap Hydrochloride (2g)/ltr of water should be sprayed or 8 kg Cartap
Hydrochloride 46 granules or 10 kg Carbofuran 36 granules can be applied. Disease mgt – Blast
Triciclyzole, Kasugamycin 2 ml or ISO prothiolane 1.5 ml mixed in one litre watercan be
sprayed
Harvesting, Storage and Drying
• To get best milling recovery the crop should be harvested 30 days after flowering and dried in
shade.
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