PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY IN RICE TRANSPLANTING CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO

PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY IN RICE TRANSPLANTING

CONTENTS ❶ INTRODUCTION TO RICE CROP ❷ NEED OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ❸ INTRODUCTION TO PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY ❹ DIMENSION OF PLASTIC TRAYS ❺ METHOD OF RAISING NURSERY ❻ METHOD OF TRANSPLANTING NURSERY ❼ BENEFITS OF PARACHUTE TECHNIQUE ❽ PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF PARACHUTE TECHNIQUE

RICE Rice is an important staple food crop Rice ranks second as a major food crop of Pakistan Rice production of the country is not upto its potential due to a number of constraints such as 1 - poor water management practices like unleveled fields

RICE conti… 2 - Traditional form layouts 3 - Improper method of irrigation 4 -Lack of adequate irrigation and drainage facilities 5 - Poor agronomic practices

IS THERE ANY NEED OF NEW TECHNOLOGY A technological break through was essential in rice production to meet the food requirement of ever increasing population Active participation of faming community acts as a catalyst for rapid diffusion of resource conservation So this is the need of hour to introduce some modern techniques like “parachute technology in Rice”

INTRODUCTION TO PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY Parachute rice transplanting is a technique of tossing rice seedlings, uprooted from plastic trays containing soil ball, in a projectile manner into a puddled field

DIMENSION OF PLASTIC TRAYS Size of plastic tray is 23”× 13” which contain 434 plugs 0. 5” wide and 0. 5” deep

METHOD OF RAISING NURSERY 2 to 3 healthy seeds are broadcasted in each plug of the tray followed by placing a thin layer of soil over it About 160 -200 trays are sufficient to raise nursery for one acre Light irrigation is applied frequently Nursery take only 25 -30 days to attain the height of 20 cm that can be uprooted easily

METHOD OF TRANSPLANTING NURSERY Seedlings after being uprooted from the tray with a soil ball are thrown manually in a projectile manner for planting upright A solo spray machine is used to broadcast the rice seedlings In this method a steel tray is attached with the machine at 60° angle to drop seedlings in a projectile way

BENEFITS OF PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY Saving of water Less Labour Increase in yield from 30 -40% Significant increase in plant population

PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGY Parachute technology has been obtained from china and now is being introduced In Punjab for getting positive results of paddy crop Under this technology the nurseries of paddy would be sown In trays and after some time the plants would be shifted to agricultural field under specific methods of technology 45, 200 parachute trays would be utilized during the demonstration of this technology in

Conti… three districts > Sialkot > Gujranwala > Hafizabad casting 9, 04, 000. 00

Conti… In Sialkot 22, 400, Gujranwala 17, 000 and Hafizabad 5800 parachute trays would be used during the demonstration of this technology 200 parachute trays would be used for raising a nursery for one acre In Sialkot 50 demonstration plots, Gujranwala 40 and Hafizabad 13 plots would be prepared under this technology

BASIC THEME OF THIS PRESENTATION Our main objective is to increase the per acre yield By ensuring only 80, 000 plants per acre at transplanting the per acre yield could be enhanced by 20 -25% But by using this parachute technology population of 100, 000 plants per acre could easily be obtained so off course we can get a good yield

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