Influence of seedling age, plant density and growth regulators on the growth and yield of transplanted rice in the Konkan Region

The adoption of age and number of seedlings with growth regulator can significantly influence the growth and yield of transplanted rice under konkan region of maharashtra. A field experiment was conducted at Agronomy Farm, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri (M.S.) during Kharif season of 2018. The research experiments were aimed to study the effect of age and number of seedlings with growth regulator on the performance of growth and yield of transplanted rice under konkan region. The present research was conducted using a split-split-plot design with three replications. The experimental results revealed that transplanting of 20-day-old seedlings (A₁) combined with 3 seedlings per hill (N₁) and application of humic acid (H₁), significantly enhanced plant height, number of functional leaves per hill, number of tillers per hill, dry matter accumulation per hill, grain and straw yield in transplanted rice.