Water conservation is an integral part of precision agriculture. In rice (Oryza sativa L.) producing countries, the looming water crisis necessitates the development of water-saving technologies. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to study the effect of water management and crop establishment practices on growth and quality of rice during two consecutive kharif seasons of years 2018 and 2019, respectively. The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three water management practices in main plot viz. flooding throughout crop growth (5±2 cm), saturation maintenance upto PI and flooding (5±2 cm) after PI (Panicle initiation), alternate wetting and drying upto PI and flooding (5±2 cm) after PI and five establishment methods in sub plots viz. conventional transplanting, wet seeding on puddled soil (broadcasting), wet seeding on puddled soil (Drum seeder), dry seeding (Broadcasting) anddry seeding (Line sowing). The results reported that the higher growth parameters viz

Alternate wetting and drying, broadcasting, drum seeder, efficiency.

From the above overall study, it is recommended that to obtain higher growth attributes of rice should be grown by wet seeding on puddled soil by drum seeder with alternate wetting and drying upto PI and flooding (5±2 cm) after PI under ago-climatic conditions of Varanasi region of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Choudhary, K., Srivastava, V.K., Singh, U. P., Devedee, A.K. and Meena, A.K. (2021). Impact of Water Management and Crop Establishment Methods on Growth and Qualitative Characters of Rice (Oryza sativa L.). Biological Forum – An International Journal,