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seedlings with poor root growth because of lack of air in the soil. Birds and rats feed on seeds directly and pull up germinating seeds and so it is important to guard the seedbed against these pests.
Apply the organic materials before leveling the seedbed. For fine-textured soil , incorporate 10-15 bags organic material or 3-4 bags commercial organic fertilizer in a 400 m 2 se edbed before sowing the seeds.
Or ganic materials help loosen the soil. Thus, it makes pulling of seedlings easier and minimizes root damage. Use compost or any fully decomposed organic materials such as dried animal manure, carbonized rice hull, or rice straw.
For medium-textured soil , you may not apply organic materials.
For direct wet-seeded rice , the field is ready for seeding after land preparation and leveling as