In View of the obivious convenience,cheapness and adaptability of this technique of pre-soaking and since the method ,if substantiated on other crops in large-scale field trials would be of very great practical value for indian conditions,certain preliminary studies were started at Coimbatore onpaddy,groundut and cowpea.in pot-Cultures to see how far the groeh and yields of these crps could be improved by using the pre-soaking technique . The results that are available in the case of paddy appear to be of sufficient interest to merit publication for the information of other workers elsewhere who might be contemplatinh simila trals.
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