How to avoid aging seedlings of rice?
Aging seedling reduce the yield of transplanted rice because of less tillering. To avoid aging effects, seed can sown in nursery beds by staggering the dates such that 20-25days old rice seedlings become available for transplanting. Another way is opt for the double rice-transplanting system. In double transplanting system rice seedlings are first transplanted to a larger nursery and then to the main fields. Rice double transplanting also obviate the problem of late vacation of main fields.
