Vol. 7, Issue 12, Part E (2025)

A field study was conducted at the experimental farm Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura Sopore to evaluate the influence of different transplanting dates and rice varieties on various growth parameters. Three transplanting dates (7^th June, 14^th June, and 21^st June) and four rice varieties (Jehlum, SR-1, SR-2, and SR-3) were tested in a factorial design. Results indicated that transplanting dates and varieties significantly affected plant height, tiller production, leaf area index, dry matter accumulation, relative growth rate, and leaf number per culm at different growth stages. Early transplanting (7^th June) resulted in taller plants (128.09 cm) at maturity compared to late transplanting (118.86 cm). Variety SR-2 recorded the highest plant height (133.73 cm), dry matter accumulation (130.88 q ha⁻¹), and leaf area index (5.36) at 60 DAT. Tiller production peaked at 60 DAT across all treatments, with SR-3 producing the highest number of tillers (468.77 m⁻²). Maximum leaf area index of 5.02 was achieved with 7th June transplanting at 60 DAT. Early transplanting generally favored growth parameters during later developmental stages, while variety SR-2 consistently performed better across most parameters.