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        - Daincha intercropping and incorporation at 25 days after sowing (DAS)..
  
        
       -   Fertilizer dose : 150 : 50 : 50 kg N:P2O5:K2O /ha. 
  
       -  N in four splits: 20 % at 15 DAS, each 30 % each at tillering and panicle initiation (PI)  and 20% at flowering or 
   Nitrogen management at Leaf Colour Chart (LCC)  value of 4.   
          - Basal application of ZnSO4 at 25 kg/ha and FeSO4 at 50 kg/ha is desirable wherever zinc and iron deficiency were noted (or) 
  apply TNAU Rainfed rice MN mixture @12.5 kg/ha as EFYM at 1:10 ratio incubated for 30 days at friable moisture.   
         - Need based foliar application of 0.5% ZnSO4 and 1% FeSO4  + 0.1% citric acid  should be done at tillering and PI stages 
  
           
          
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