• Thinning and gap filling has to be done 14 - 21 days after sowing

Other special cultural practices

• Spray Cycocel 1000 ppm (1 ml of in one lit. of water) under water deficit situations to mitigate ill-effects.
• Foliar spray of KCl 1% to overcome moisture stress at different physiological stages of rice.
• First top dressing should be done immediately after the receipt of sufficient rain or canal water.
• Hand weeding, thinning and gap filling should be done before N-fertilizer application.
• Subsequent top dressings in two or three splits should be done before heading.