Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a staple food for more than half of the world population, is
commonly grown by transplanting seedlings into puddled soil (wet tillage) in Asia. This …

The area under direct-seeded rice has been increasing as farmers in Asia seek higher
productivity and profitability to offset increasing costs and scarcity of farm labor. This paper …

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate
source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and …

Core Ideas The innovation of rice direct seeding with Fe‐coated seeds was analyzed. The
Fe‐coated seeds were prepared through the oxidation of reduced Fe on husks. The high …

An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural
University, Mymensingh from June to December 2013 to study the effect of integrated use of …

In north‐east Thailand where rainfed paddy cultivation is commonplace, direct dry seeding
is replacing transplanting to increase the frequency of successful plantings and to save …

Direct seeding method of rice planting offers several advantages. However, all rice cultivars
are not suitable for this practice. In this report forty-three high yield rice varieties and an …

Most of the farmers (92%) believed that leaf-feeding insects would cause damage to rice
and 61% thought that spraying should be done early to avoid severe crop losses. Although …

This experiment was conducted in the farmer's field to evaluate the performance of a
modified planter machine for establishing direct seeded rice during aman and aus seasons …

Drought is the major abiotic stress factor which causes yield losses of rice in Sri Lanka. The
present study quantified the effects on rice yield of two effects of drought, namely reduction …