| Objective of the present study was to investigate influence of transplanting methods, namely, parachute” and wet seeded culture, on growth, i.e., height and tiller number/bunch, incidence of disease outbreak, soil quality and yield of “Hommali 105” rice cultivated organically. Results showed that the transplanting methods played insignificant role on growth as well as the incidence of disease outbreak (p0.05). However, the “parachute” transplanting method led to higher tiller numbers/bunch and rice yield than that obtained with the wet seeded method, 27 against 5 tillers/bunch (p<0.05) and 1.7 folds, respectively. Further, during cultivation, soil qualities in terms of pH and content of organic matter, nitrogen and potassium appeared to be comparable... |
