AUTHOR(S)
Subbalakshmi Lokanadhan, P. Muthukrishnan and S.Jeyaraman*

ABSTRACT

“Rice is Life” for millions of people and staplefood for more than half of the worlds’ population. The demand for rice isgrowing with ever increasing population. At present the grain yield in rice hasto be increased and the yield achieved has to be sustained. The field studiesat Wetlands, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore resulted incompilation of agronomical use of neem and its by products in rice cultivation.The Wetland Farm at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore issituated in the Western Agro Climatic Zone of Tamil Nadu at 11° North Latitudeand 77°East Longitude at an altitude of 426.72 m above MSL. The properties ofneem as insecticide, antifeedant, hormonal, antifungal, antiviral andnematicide properties is well known .These activities are brought out with neemuse in the form of leaves, leaf extracts, seeds, cakes, oil and fruit extracts.The neem and its products are used in seed treatment, manurial application, increasingnutrient efficiency by which the grain yield in rice crop is enhanced and itssustainability is seen in rice based cropping system. Evaluation of theseproducts in managing the rice crop, through agronomial cultural practices atvarious stages of crop growth has been discussed in detail in this paper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.57182/jbiopestic.5.0.72-76

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