Question: asking about the cultural practices of sali paddy (mahsuri).
Answer: advised him to prepare the nursery bed of 1.25 metre width, 10 metre length, 15 cm. height. treat the seeds with captan or captaf @ 2-3 gm./kg of seeds before sowing. then apply urea 80 gm, ssp 80 gm., mop 80 gm in one bed. then prepare the main field by ploughing and levelling and apply urea 4kg, ssp 18 kg, mop2 kg, per bigha at the time of last land preparation,again top dress the urea @ 4 kg per bigha after 30 days of transplanting, then at the time of panicle initiation stage top dress urea 4 kg, mop 2 kg per bigha.