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Is there any adverse effect of increasing seed rate in surface seeded rice?

April 26, 2017adverse rate rice seed seeded

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Is there any adverse effect of increasing seed rate in surface seeded rice?

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Use of higher seed rate in any crop increases input cost and weaken plant stand, reduce tillering and increases the proportion of infertile tillers, cause N deficiency, enhance the incidence disease and pest, and increases the chances for the crop to lodge.