Response of Rice to Microclimate Modifications Mushk Budji under Temperate Environmental Conditions

Abstract

Field experiment was conducted during 2021 at Division of Agronomy, SKUAST-K, Wadura with three dates of transplanting Kharifviz viz . 05 June, 15 June and 25 June and three crop geometries ., 15 cm x 10 cm, 15 cm x 15 cm and 20 cm x 15 cm. The study used th th th microclimatic modifications by adjusting the sowing time and crop geometry. The early transplanted treatment (5 June) did better than those th transplanted in latter weeks of June in terms of growth, phenology, grain yield and low blast disease incidence of scented rice-. MushkBudji Variations among crop geometries were also observed, with crop spacing 20 cm x 15 cm required more time to attain different phenological stages thus producing a higher yield at harvest and low blast disease incidence of rice-. Moreover, statistically significant MushkBudji interactions between the were identified, where early transplanted rice crop (5 June) at transplanting dates and crop geometries on grain yield th spacing 20 cm x 15 cm (T S ) proved to be the better combination for maximum yield. The study concluded that early transplanting (5 June) 1 3 th with spacing 20 cm x 15 cm (S ) realized higher growth, yield parameters and low blast disease incidence of rice-under lower 3 MushkBudji altitude belts (1590 amsl) of Kashmir.