INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS AND EMERGING ENGINEERING RESEARCH, VOL 1, ISSUE 5 ISSN 2347-4289
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Effect Of Planting Methods On Yield And Yield Components Of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Varieties In Tahtay Koraro Wereda, Northern Ethiopia Abadi Birhane Aksum University, College of Agriculture, Department of Plant Science, Shire, Ethiopia
[email protected] Abstract: The experiment was conducted in 2009 (2001 E.C) production season at Tahtay Koraro Wereda in Northern Ethiopia. The objective of the experiment was to study the effect of planting techniques on yield and yield component of six rice varieties. The experiment was designed in a factorial RCBD design in three replications. Seedlings of the six rice varieties were raised on nu rsery before the onset of rain, and transplanted when the rain came. The spacing between rows was 25cm, and the spacing between plants was 15cm in transplanting; whereas, no distinct spacing was in the direct sowing treatments. Data on plant height, panicle length, number of fertile tillers per plant, grain yield, days to maturity, were collected and subjected to analysis of variance using GenStat 13 th ed. statistical software. Grain yield was significantly (p
