National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A high yielding variety Shaktiman–5 was grown in farmer’s field in Rabi-2015 under different planting methods. Maize seeds were planted in flat and also on bed by khurpi as well as by Chinese double fork dibbler. In general, planting of maize on bed provided 12-20% more yield than the flat planting. However, there was only a marginal gain in yield of maize (4-9%) with use of double fork dibbler due to placement of fertilizer quite closer to seed. Further, use of dibbler increased planting capacity of manual labour and a saving of about 13 mandays/ha attributing to saving of Rs. 3250/ha in planting cost was recorded. The use of dibblers for flat and bed planting was found to be profitable by amount Rs. 6850/ha and Rs. 9650/ha, respectively, which advocates the use of dibbler as improved planting tool for small and marginal farmers of Bihar.
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