Field experiments ·were conducted during the normal season of 1994 and 1995 at the
National Rice Research Program, Parwanipur under rainfed lowland condition. The
objective of the experiment was to find out the effect of age of seedling on grain yield of
thr:ee rice genotypes namely Radha-11 , RP 101 7, and RD-21. Seedling age up to 55 days did
not reduce the grain yield of tested rice genotypes. Days to maturity increased with the
increase in age of seedlings. Results of this study indicates that farmers can use older
seedlings of these genotypes without losing grain yield. However, younger seedlings rna~ be
preferred for transplanting to suit in to rice-wheat cropping pattern.

Field experiments ·were conducted during the normal season of 1994 and 1995 at the
National Rice Research Program, Parwanipur under rainfed lowland condition. The
objective of the experiment was to find out the effect of age of seedling on grain yield of
thr:ee rice genotypes namely Radha-11 , RP 101 7, and RD-21. Seedling age up to 55 days did
not reduce the grain yield of tested rice genotypes. Days to maturity increased with the
increase in age of seedlings. Results of this study indicates that farmers can use older
seedlings of these genotypes without losing grain yield. However, younger seedlings rna~ be
preferred for transplanting to suit in to rice-wheat cropping pattern.