What type of soil and irrigation facilities are available in Central plain zone in Punjab?
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Explanation:
Punjab constitutes the so called non-traditional rice growing Region of India, where rice is grown totally under artificial irrigated conditions under comparatively very high temperature and long sun shine hours(interupted with a few cloudy day conditons, with limited rainy season duration(mid July to mid September), and experences comparatively low humidity (or rather high andity) condition during the earlier vegetative phase.
In Punjab, rice season (Transplanted field period) extends from May to November and the rice nursery growing season from April to July.
Staggered and extended field occupation (April to November starting from the districts: Firozepur/Amritsar (S-W) progressing towards Distt Gurdaspur (N.E),) gives rise to production of several generations of rice stem borer. This leads to severe damage to rice crop planted during the latter period.
The optimum climate range for rice cultivation is as follows