Abstract
Field experiments were conducted at Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Punjab to study the effect of planting methods on yield and yield contributing characteristics of rice crop during 2021 and 2022.kharifThe experiments comprise of two dates of sowing (20 May and 30 May), two rice varieties (PR 126 and PR 128) and two planting methods, puddled th th transplanted rice (PTR) and direct seeded rice (DSR).The highest LAI and tiller number was in PTR method compared to DSR method.The variety PR 128 attained highest LAI and tiller numbers compared to variety PR 126 in both the seasons.Significant difference in grain yield was observed with delay in sowing between 20 May and 30 May.Significantly higher grain th th yield (8.1 t/ha) was recorded in variety PR 128 as compared to variety PR 126 (6.8 t/ha).The yield contributing characteristics were also significantly higher in 30 May sown crop (variety PR 128), under PTR as compared to DSR.The crop sown in PTR th method gave significantly higher grain yield (8.0 t/ha) as compared to DSR method (6.9 t/ha).