Seed rate
            Varieties : 400 g / ha
            Hybrids : 200 g / ha

Seed treatment

• Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride @ 4 g / kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g / kg of seed.
  
  
• Treat the seeds with Azospirillum @ 40 g / 400 g of seeds using rice gruel as adhesive.
  
  
• Irrigate with rose can. In raised nursery beds, sow the seeds in lines at 10 cm apart and cover with sand.
  
  
• Transplant the seedlings 30 – 35 days after sowing at 60 cm apart in the ridges.

Field preparation

• Thoroughly prepare the field with the addition of FYM @ 25 t / ha and form ridges and furrows at a spacing of 60 cm.
  
  
• Apply 2 kg / ha of Azospirillum and 2 kg / ha of Phosphobacteria by mixing with 50 kg of FYM.
  
  
• Irrigate the furrows and transplant 30-35 days old seedlings at 60 cm apart on the ridges.

Spacing
            Varieties : 60 x 60 cm
            Hybrids : 90 x 60 cm