Rice production under drip irrigation : Working procedure
1. Soil Preparation & Soil amendment
The main field is ploughed 4 times. Chisel and disc plough each one time and cultivator twice.
P2O5 @ 20 kg/acre as DAP or SSP is applied before the last ploughing.
If soil test show zinc deficiency, ZnSO4 would be also applied at the rate of 8 kg/acre.
2. System