Seed Rates for Field Crops



Seed Rate for Sowing of Important Field Crops (kg/ha)




Crop High Yielding Variety Hybrid
Cereal Crops

1. Rice

Direct sowing 75-100 -
Transplanting 50-75 15
2. Wheat 100-125 -
3. Maize 20 15
4. Barley 100 -
5. Jowar 12-15 7.5
6. Bajra 5 5
7. Ragi 5 -
Pulses

1. Gram 75-100 -
2. Tur(Arhar) 10 10
3. Green Gram 20 -
4. Black Gram 20 -
5. Lentil 25-40 -
6. Peas 80-100 -
7. Cowpea 20-25 -
8. Rajmash 75-100 -
9. Moth 15-18 -
10. Kulthi 22-30 -
Oilseed

1. Groundnut 150 (With pods) -

100          (With kernel) -
2. Rape/Mustard 5 -
3. Soyabean 75 -
4. Til (Sesamum) 5 -
5. Castor 12.5 10
6. Sunflower 20 7.5
7. Safflower 12 7.5
8. Linseed 25 -
9. Niger 25 -
10. Cotton 7.5 2.5
11. Jute 10-Aug -
12. Mesta 5-Dec -
13. Sunhemp 25 -
Foder Crops

1. Jowar 25 12
2. Barseem 20-25 -
3. Lucern 7.5 -
4. Oats 62.5 -
5. Maize 25 -
Others

1. Sugarcane 5500-6000 -
(35000 -40000  setts with 3 buds)

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