Effect of Seed Rate and Row Spacing on Yield and Yield Components of Rain Fed Lowland Rice (Oryzasativa L.) Variety

Abstract

Rice (Oryza sativa L.), is one of the most important food crops and is considered as a major source of calories for more than half of the global population (Carrijo et al., 2017), covers 11% of total arable land (Khush, 2005). Rice has become a commodity of strategic significance across many African countries (Hegde and Hegde, 2013). It is also the most rapidly growing food sources across the continent due to the great urbanization in Africa more than any other region in the world.