Effects of broadcast sowing and precision drilling of super rice seed on seedling quality and effectiveness of mechanized transplanting

According to the agronomic requirements for transplanting technology for the super hybrid rice, reducing seeding rate and cultivating strong seedlings and realizing fewer seedling and bigger space planting are the key to increase yield potential in mechanized transplanting of hybrid rice. In this paper, rice seedling quality and effectiveness of mechanized transplanting of precision seed drilling and sowing were studied with super hybrid rice Liangyoupeijiu. The results showed that precision seed drilling had more uniform seed distribution, better seedling mat-formed effect and seedling quality in comparison with seed broadcasting. Precision seed drilling could reduce the rate of no-seedling in hill and the rate of injured-seedling, and improve the uniformity of seedling. The percent of one and two seedling in hill after mechanized transplanting was increased. Research shows that precision seed drilling can effectively reduce the rate of no seedling in hill and improve seedling quality and mechanized transplanting quality.