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- Address : Bathalagoda, Ibbagamuwa, Sri Lanka
- E- Mail : rrdi@doa.gov.lk
- Telephone : +94 372 258561
- Fax : +94 372 259881
Rice-the staple food-Crop Establishment
Nursery Systems
- When transplanting is practiced, seedlings are used as the planting material.
- Seedlings should be raised in a nursery for 12-14 days.
- Nurseries could be raised as
- Raising seedlings for seedling broadcasting need special planting trays (parachute trays). Such nurseries are called parachute nurseries.
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