Asif Ameen^1,2, Zubair Aslam^1*, Qamar Uz Zaman¹, Ehsanullah  ¹, Shahid Ibne Zamir¹, Imran Khan¹, Muhammad Junaid Subhani³

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¹ Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
² Department of Agronomy, College of Agronomy & Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Abstract: Optimum seeding density is necessary to achieve the production potential of a cultivar in all crops. To investigate the performance of different cultivars in direct seeded rice in response to various seeding densities, a field experiment was conducted at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during the kharif 2012. Super basmati (fine rice) and KSK-133 (coarse rice) were sown using seeding densities of 30, 45, 60 and 75 kg·ha-1. Results indicated that leaf area index and crop growth rate varied among rice cultivars as well as various seeding densities. The growth of rice at seeding density of 75 kg·ha-1 was higher than rest of treatments. The response of rice yield and its components like number of productive tillers, number of kernels per panicle and 1000-kernal weight differed significantly under the influence of cultivars and various seeding densities. Seeding density of 75 kg·ha-1 remained superior for both rice cultivars regarding final yield. This treatment furnished kernel yields of 3.83 and 5.49 t·ha-1 in fine and coarse rice, respectively which were significantly higher than other treatments. However, Kernel quality was improved in terms of lower number of sterile and chalky kernels at lower seeding densities (30 kg·ha-1). Based on these findings, it is concluded that using seeding density of 75 kg·ha-1 for direct seeded fine and coarse rice cultivars is beneficial in terms of better growth and higher yield but kernel quality is reduced by increasing the seeding density.

Keywords: Seeding Density, Direct Seeded Rice, Leaf Area Index, Kernel Quality

Cite this paper: Ameen, A. , Aslam, Z. , Zaman, Q. ,  , E. , Zamir, S. , Khan, I. and Subhani, M. (2014) Performance of Different Cultivars in Direct Seeded Rice (Oryza sativa L.) with Various Seeding Densities. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 5, 3119-3128. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2014.521328.

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