Growth and Yield of Transplanted Rice [Orzya sativa (L.)] as Influenced by NDVI Values of Green Seeker and Graded Levels of Nitrogen

field experiment was carried out during kharif, 2018–19 on a sandy loamy soil at the Agricultural College
Farm, Naira to study the effect of NDVI values of green seeker and nitrogen levels on the growth, yield attributes, yield
and quality of rice. The experiment was laid out in Split design with four NDVI values as main plot treatments and four
graded levels of nitrogen as sub plot treatments. The results of the investigation revealed that the highest number of tillers
m-2 , drymatter production, leaf area index, productive tillers m-2, number of filled grains per panicle, grain yield (5411 kg
ha-1), straw yield and head rice recovery (HRR) were realized with M3(NDVI value 0.8). Among all N levels, the highest
values of all the above parameters was found with 120 kg N ha-1. Hence, it was concluded that N application through green
seeker at NDVI value of 0.8 (M3) and application of 120 kg N ha-1were found to be suitable for transplanted rice.