A field experiment was conducted at Instructional-cum-Research (ICR) Farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13 during autumn season of 2015 to study the nutrient management of direct seeded autumn rice under various irrigation schedules. The experiment consisted of four irrigation schedules viz., I1(No irrigation), I2(Irrigation at tiller initiation (TI) + boot leaf stage (BL)), I3(Irrigation at TI + panicle initiation (PI) + BL), I4 (Irrigation at TI + PI + Grain filling stage(GF)) and three nutrient management practices viz.,F1(100 % RDF +2t/ha FYM), F2(50 % RDF +1.5 t/ha enriched compost), F3(50 % RDF + 1.5 t/ha Vermicompost). The trial was laid out in split plot design with three replications. The soil was sandy loam. Inglongkiri rice variety was used in the experiment. Results revealed that irrigation schedule I3(Irrigation at TI + PI + BL) recorded significantly the highest growth characters of rice in terms of plant height, number of leaves per plant, and dry matter accumulation. Different nutrient management practices brought about significant differences in plant population per and dry matter accumulation. The highest of these parameters were recorded under application of 50% RDF along with 1.5 t/ha enriched compost and this was statically at par with F1 (100% RDF +2 t/ha FYM).

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A field experiment was carried out at Instructional-cum-farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhatduring kharif 2015. The experiment was laid out in split-plot design replicated thrice with four sowing dates in main plots viz., 1May, 11 May, 21and 31May along with combination of two methods of sowing viz., direct seeding and transplanting as well as with two nutrient management practices RDF and INM package in sub-plots. Results revealed that May 11date recorded significantly higher in almost all the growth and yield attributing parameters followed by May 1. The highest grain (40.24 q/ha) and straw (68.07 q/ha) yields were obtained in May 11 sown crop and was significantly superior to that of May 21and May 31. Between the two methods of sowing, transplantingresulted significantly superior in regards to almost all the growth, yield attributes and yield of sali rice. The increase in grain yield under transplanting over direct seeding was4.90 per cent. The corresponding increase in straw yield was 4.31 per cent In respect of nutrient management; INM resulted in higher grain and straw yieldsover RDF. From the economic point of view May 11 sown crop recorded the highest net return ( . 57625.00/ ha) with B:C ratio of 1.57 whereas in case of methods of sowing and nutrient management practices, direct seeding and INM practice recorded the highest net return and B:C ratio.

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