Pusa Pre-germinated Paddy Seeder

Introduction

The direct seeding of wet paddy on puddled soil has gained popularity in the recent time at National and International level. The direct paddy seeding gives faster and easier crop establishment, reduced labour use, lesser drudgery, earlier crop maturity, more efficient water use due to reduced crop duration and increased benefit-cost ratio. Pusa Pre-germinated Paddy Seeder is available in two forms - three and six rows.

Technical details:

Particulars	Three lined	Six lined
Overall dimensions (l x w x h) :	1650 x 890 x 650 mm	1650 x 1250 x 650 mm
Person :	1-2	2
Number of rows :	3	6
Distance between rows :	15-25 cm	15 cm
Capacity (ha/day) :	0.2 ha/day	0.4 ha/day
Estimated cost :	Rs. 12,000/-	Rs. 15,000/

 

Advantages:

•  Useful equipment for areas, where labour is a problem.

•  Delayed sowing of paddy could be possible.

•  Paddy sown with this machine matures 10-15 days earlier in comparison to transplanted paddy.

Seed may be dipped in salt solution (1-2 tea spoon salt/ litre of water) so that damaged seeds float on the surface of water. Floated seeds may be thrown out and remaining seeds may be washed with water and soaked in water for 24 hours. After removing the water, the soaked seeds is spread on gunny bags and covered with wet gunny bags around 24-48 hours for germination of seeds. For proper sowing, the maximum length of plumules should be 0.5 cm. After that, it is sown in lines with this machine.

 

For further information please contact :

Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi