1) Keep nursery wet:

2) Weeding: Timely weeding is the mainstay in the nursery but necessary for healthy seedlings. Spray Butachlor 50 EC @ 1.25 kg a.i. /ha or Pendimethalin @ 1.0 kg/ha or Oxadiazon 0.5 kg/ha or with sand after 6 days of sowing.

3) Plant protection measures: To control seedling rot, fill and drain water, repeat this two to three times and then fill the nursery area with full of water. Apply FeSO4 @ 10 kg and well mixed in the soil before sowing and apply 50 kg ammonium sulphate on one hectare basis, if disease occur often in the nursery area. Forty grams FeSO4 and 20 grams lime dissolve in 10 liters of water and spray in 1 are area. If leaf shows brown colour, apply 20 kg ZnSO4/ha. For insect control in the field, seedling treatment before transplanting is done. For this, 1 kg Chlorpyriphos + 500 g Urea or 200 g carbofuran dissolve in 100 liters of water and in this solution, seedling roots are dipped for 15 minutes. For wilt control in the field, 50-100 ppm streptocycline treatment is done to the seedlings. If blast disease observed, spray Rinosan or Kitazin 10 ml/10 liters or Carbendazim (50 WP) 10 g / 10 l of water. For control pest problem, apply furadan 3 G @ 5 g/m2 by broadcasting.