Crop Rice (Oryza sativa L.

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Introduction  Climate- Hot/wet, humid climate

 Season- UP- Kharif (June-Sep), Odisha-
Kharif (May/June-Sep/Oct), Rabi
(July/Aug-Dec/Jan) and Summer (Dec/Jan-
May/June).

Nutritional profile  Protein: 6.8 g/100g

 Fat: 0.5 g/100g
 Fibers: 0.2 g/100g
 Carbohydrates: 78.2 g/100g
 Energy: 345 kcal/100g
 Thiamine: 0.06 mg/100g
 Riboflavin: 0.06 mg/100g
 Niacin: 1.9 mg/100g
 Calcium: 14 mg/100g
 Iron: 0.7 mg/100g
 Phosphorus: 160 mg/100g
 Potassium: 5 mg/100g

Health benefits  Natural anti-Inflammatory and gluten free

 Brown rice- controls diabetes, prevents obesity and
constipation, lowers cholesterol and risk of heart
disease and cancer.
 Improves nervous system health
Field  Lowland rice- Ploughing once/twice before
preparatio irrigating/rain followed by puddling (ploughing
n twice or thrice under standing water)
 Upland rice- ploughing after receiving monsoon
showers followed by secondary tillage operations
Variety  For UP - Pusa Sugandh 4, Pant Sankar Dhan 1,
Pusa Sugandh 5, CR Dhan 701 (CRHR-32),
Jalpriya, Jal Lahari, Jal Nidhi, NDR 3112-1,
Sambha Mahsuri-Sub 1, NDR 359, NDR 2064,
Production NDR 2065, Sarjoo-52, NDR 97, Swarna, Swarna
practices Sub-1, BPT 5204, Sonam, Komal, Dhanrekha,
 For Odisha - Pusa Sugandh 4, Pant Sankar Dhan 1,
 Pusa Sugandh 5, Rajlakshmi (CRHR 5), Ajay
(CRHR 7), Pooja (CR-629-256) Swarna Sub-1
(CR 2539-1) Sowbhagya and Pratikhya
Sowing  Method: Transplanting/SRI (Lowland rice) and
direct sowing/drilling (Upland rice)
 Time: Upland rice - first week of July and lowland/
transplanting- mid June to early July
 Spacing- 20 x 10 cm
 Seed rate: 2.5-3 kg/ 100 m2 nursery (transplanting/
dapog), 30-50 kg (drilling), 60-100 kg/ha
(broadcasting)
Fertilizer  For lowland rice- 100-120:70:60 kg N: P2O5:K2O
per ha, 15-20 kg ZnSO4 per ha and 10-15 t FYM
per ha
 For upland rice- 60:30:30 kg N: P2O5:K2O per ha
and 3-3.5 t FYM per ha
 For Khaira management- apply 15-20 kg zinc
sulphate, spray 0.5 % zinc sulphate and dip rice
roots in 2-4% ZnO suspension.
Irrigation  Method - Flooding
 Depth of irrigation- About five centimeters depth
of water should be maintained in the field up to the
dough stage of the crop.
 Critical stage- Tillering to flowering
Weed  Pre-emergent herbicides- Butachlor @ 1.5 kg
manageme a.i./ha, Oxyflurofen @ 1.5 kg a.i./ha, Anilofos-@
nt 0.2-0.4 kg a.i./ha.
 Early post emergence- Phenoxaprop-p-ethyle @
100 g a.i./ha.
 Post emergent herbicides- 2,4-D @ 1.0-1.5 kg
a.i./ha, Thiobencarb @ 2-3 kg a.i./ha.
Plant  Stem borer (At vegetative stage)- Apply Cartap 4 G
protection @ 25 kg/ha or spray Chlorpyriphos 10 G @ 10
kg/ha.
 Stem-borer (At reproductive stage)- Spray Cartap 50
WP @ 800 g/ha or Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 2,000
ml/ha
 Brown planthopper-  Spray Imidacloprid 200 SL @
125 ml/ha or Carbaryl 50 WP @ 900 g/ha
 Gall midge- Apply Fipronil 0.3 G @ 25 kg/ha or
Phorate 10 G @ 10 kg/ha
 Gundhi bug- Spray Carbaryl 50 WP @ 1,500 g/ha.
 Leaf blast-seed treatment with Tricyclazole 75 WP
@ 2 g/kg, spray Tricyclazole 75 @ 0.6 g/l
 Sheath blight- Spray Validamycin 3 L @ 2.5 ml/litre
or Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 2 ml/l or Carbendazim 50
WP @ 1g/l.
  Brown spot- seed treatment with Carbendazim
(12%) + Mancozeb (63%) combination 75 WP @ 2
g/kg
 False smut- Spray Propiconazole 25 EC @ 1 ml/litre
or Chlorothalonil 75 WP @ 2 ml/l
 Sheath rot- Spray Mancozeb 75 WP @ 2.5 g/kg or
Propiconazole 25 EC @ 1 ml/l
 Foot rot/ Bakanae- Seed dressing with Captafol 80%
@ 4 g/kg or spray Carbendazim 50 WP @ 1 g/l
Harvesting  When panicles turn into golden yellow and the
and yield grains contain about 20 percent moisture.
 Yield- 36.0-48.0 q/ha (varieties) and 55.0-60.0
q/ha (hybrids).
Value addition/ Value  Rough rice, brown rice and milled rice
added products  Beaten rice
 Khai- as snacks
 Rice cake
 Parboiled rice and puffed rice
 Popped and puffed rice
 Rice noodels
 Vermicelli
 Rice flour - baby foods, chips and crackers
 Gluten free rice bread