PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF CEREALS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF CEREALS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF CEREALS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF CEREALS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF PADDY
Nursery management of paddy
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF WHEAT
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF BARLEY
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF OATS
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF RYE
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF TRITICALE
1. PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF CEREALS
Dr. K. VANANGAMUDI, Ph. D., Post. Doc (USA)
Formerly Dean (Agriculture), Agri. College & Research Institute,
Coimbatore,
Dean, Adhiparashakthi Agricultural College,
Prof. & Head, Seed Science& Technology,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003, Tamil Nadu.
e-mail: vanangamudi.tnau@gmail.com
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2. 1. Paddy (Oryza sativa)
• Family: Poaceae 2n = 24
Origin: South East Asia
3. Seed rate (kg/ha)
• Long duration: 30
• Medium duration: 40
• Short duration: 60
• Hybrid: 20
• SRI (SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION): 7 - 8
4. Optimum age of seedlings
• Short duration: 18-22 days after sowing (DAS)
• Medium duration : 25-30 DAS
• Long duration : 35-40 DAS
• SRI: 14 DAS
6. Biofertilizer management
• 10 packets (2000 g/ha) Azospirullum or
phosphobacteria or
• 20 packets of Azophos with 25 kg FYM and soil
each
• Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 2.5 kg/ha mixed with
50 kg FYM and 25 kg of soil
• Broadcast 10 kg of BGA (Blue green algae) at 10
DAT
• Inoculate Azolla 250 kg/ha at 3-5 DAT and
incorporate during weeding
12. Wet nursery
• Nursery area – 20 cents (800 m2)
• Raised seed bed: Length 8 to 10 m, width 2.5 m,
30 - 50 cm irrigation channel
• Seed treatment: Carbendazim @ 2 g/kg or
Pseudomonas flurescens @ 10 g/kg of seeds
• Biofertilizer: Azospirillium 600 g/ha
13. Nursery area
• SRI: 2.5 cents or 100m2
• Dapog/mat nursery: 2.5 cents or 100m2
• Dry nursery: 20 cents
14. Nursery - Nutrient management
• FYM: 1 t/20 cents
• DAP 40 kg at last ploughing
• If seedlings pulled out at 25 DAS, apply DAP
on 10 days before pulling
• Root snapping problem in clayey soil, apply
gypsum @ 4 kg + 1 kg DAP/cent
15. Q & A
Paddy grows under
a. Dry condition b. Submerged condition
c. Marshy d. Deep water condition
Rice bowl of India is
a. Andhra Pradesh b. Karnataka
c. Maharashtra d. Gujarat
To avoid root snapping problem in paddy cultivation,
quantity of gypsum applied is
a. 2.5 kg/cent b. 4kg gypsum +1 kg DAP/cent
c. 5 kg/cent d. 10 kg/cent
17. • Mexican dwarf wheat : Triticum aestivum
• Emmer wheat : T. dicoccum
• Macaroni wheat: T. durum (28)
• Common bread wheat: T. vulgare
• Indian dwarf wheat: T. spherococcum
18. Season
Second week of November to second
week of December
• Seed rate (kg/ha)
• 100
• 125 (late sown crop)
22. Q & A
Durum wheat is also known as
a. Winter wheat b. Emmer wheat
c. Common wheat d. Macroni wheat
Commercially used herbicide for wheat is
a. Pendimethalin b. Isoproturon
c. Butachlor d. 2,4-D
33. Triticale (Man made cereal)
• Wheat x Rye in Scotland during 1875
• Grown in spring or winter seasons
• Name Tritical appeared in Germany in 1935
• First fertile cross made in Germany in 1888
• Cultivation practices similar to wheat
• Seed rate
80-100 kg for dryland
110 kg for irrigated
34. Q & A
Crop which is tolerant to salinity is
a. Rice b. Barely
c. Wheat d. Oats
Which crop is also cultivated as green manure
crop and cover crop
a. Rye b. Oats
c. Triticale d. Barley
Parentage of triticale is
a. Wheat x Rice b. Wheat x Rye
c. Wheat x Oats d. Wheat x Barely
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