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A study on different seeding techniques of paddy was carried out in loamy and sandy loam soils during 1982 and 1983. The seeding techniques used were; manual transplanting of paddy seedling, broadcasting of the pre-germinated seeds, and drilling of dry seeds in “watter” conditions. Amongst the common kharif weeds of paddy, Cyperus iria Linn. was in abundance in all the treatments. The grain weight produced by pre-germinated seed was 14 time more than that of the paddy seedlings transplantation, while the un-germinated seeds caused 6% reduction in weight through drilling. The maximum paddy yield (5.1 t/ha) was also associated with puddled broadcasting of pre-germinated seeds registering an increase of 35% over traditional method of paddy transplanting. Yield was highly correlated (r=0.99) with grain weight in a linear fashion.

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