Bids are Invited For 1Nursery Operations,2Nursery Operations,3Field,Pot, Tray preparation,4Field,Pot, Tray preparation,5 in CUTTACK, ODISHA

Seed bed preparation and sowing of rice nursery arrangement of seed samples for sowing in the nursery bed (more than 50) (detailed work mentioned in Tender paper)

Making bunds between sub-plot treatments and putting of plastic sheets/films for creation of barriers to prevent flow of water, fertilizer etc.

Pot preparation (collection of soils, filling of pots up to 3/4th depth) of different sizes

Preparation of pro-tray, sowing (96 well) and transportation of the tray for anaerobic germination Fe Zn deficiency screening at seedling stage evaluation

Seedling, uprooting and line transplanting of rice (upto 4 varieties)(Uprooting of seedlings and making of bundles, carrying seedling from seed bed area to the planting place, line transplanting of single plant or two to three seedlings hill including rope holding)

Seedling, uprooting and line Transplanting (Experimental plots) Transplanting of rice in experimental plots where numbers of varieties to be transplanted of more than 100 varieties breeding lines accessions in one plot (Uprooting of seedlings and making of bundles, carrying seedling from seed bed area to the planting place, line transplanting of single plant or two to three seedlings/hill including rope holding). Distance of planting is to be maintained as per the direction of the Indenter.

Line sowing with 3-5 seed/hill including rope holding (15c.m. X 20 cm) (upto 50 varieties/ breeding lines/ accessions)

Gap filling in transplanted plot/ Resowing in the Gap /thinning in experimental field of DSR plot

Mechanical weeding with Cono Wedder (Once)

Weeding in non rice crops

Intercultural operation (soil loosening between rows, ridge formation etc.) in non-rice crops like groundnut and maize etc.

Application of Pesticides/ herbicide (Broadcasting) in the experimental plots / Farm field with proper Personal Protective Equipment etiquettes to be provided by Office

Irrigation (once) of experimental/ seed production plots (wherever irrigation pipe is required)

Rice harvesting (manual), bundling and carrying to the threshing floor

Harvesting (Experimental plots) Harvesting and threshing of rice in experimental plots where numbers of varieties up to 50 varieties breeding lines accessions in one plot (Harvesting, carrying to the threshing floor, threshing, sun drying at least for 03 days and or till bringing down the grain moisture up to 12 percent, proper winnowing and bagging transportation and handing over the grain chaff and straw to Farm Section)

Harvesting (Experimental plots) Harvesting and threshing of rice in experimental plots where numbers of varieties more than 100 varieties breeding lines accessions in one plot (Harvesting, carrying to the threshing floor, threshing, sun drying at least for 03 days and or till bringing down the grain moisture up to 12 percent, proper winnowing, bagging, transportation and handing over the Grain, chaff and straw to Farm Section)

Harvesting by reaper

Harvesting by Combine harvester, Transportation, Cleaning, drying grains to 12 percent moisture content, Bagging and handing over to Farm Section (with office Combine and fuel)

Assisting in selection related activities in the segregating population, tagging and panicle collection from the selected single plants and packeting.

Carrying pots from outside to dark chamber/ heat chamber and bringing back after imposing treatment inside RGA/TGT

Bird scaring for full day

Daily stock feeding of bullocks at regular interval (one unit of bullock shed consist upto 08 adult bullock) & Daily cleaning and washing of bullock shed (600 sq ft) (The amount should be proportionate to the bullock number)

Rinsing and washing of double layered polycarbonate sheets of OTCs (both inner and outer side) with detergent and cleansing solution

Soil sampling from field using augur core sampler (undisturbed soil sample collection from field at depth interval up to 60 cm)

Whole root sampling pots standard size field separation and washing

Identification of true to type panicle, their collection from farm field, threshing, cleaning and pocketing for sowing

Grain and sterile spikelet separation and counting of grain and chaff

Counting and recording 100 grain weight, recording grain length and width

Assisting in collection and packeting of seed samples for grain quality testing

Collection of transgenic plant samples from transgenic net house, their storage and processing of samples (from standard size pot)

Powder/grinding of plant samples

Preparation of mat type nursery

Cleaning of glass wares and plastic wares

Thinning and harvesting of azolla culture & preparation and filling of nutrient solution

Pruning, thinning and trimming of fruit and forest species (once in a year)

Intercultural operation (application of fertilizers, irrigation, spraying, if required) in vegetable and ornamental crops

Cutting of paddy straw bundle, soaking in water, inoculation with spawn and covering

Agricultural operation works of Phenotyping for BPH GM LF GLH WBPH YSB resistance blast sheath blight brown spot false smut sheath rot tungro bacterial blight nematode tolerance round the year

Pocketing, stickering, sealing and taking out of seeds for indenters

Raising (filling soil in pot, mixing and planting sowing) of plants in RGA (photoperiod of high temperature low temperature)

Pot preparation (10 x 10) with gravels and soil for reproductive stage salinity screening

Sowing planting in salinity tank

Hand weeding, soil loosing, thinning and roughing at salinity tank

Fixing and removal of tensiometer moisture meter tubes involving careful digging up to 1 meter and putting tubes and packing tightly with soil

Rinsing and washing of double layer of polycarbonate sheet in Rain out shelter Polycarbonate sheets are fixed above 1.5 and continue up to 15 and slanting both sides Both inner and outer side with detergent and washing solution etc Cleaning of side walls and top of roof of ROS

Handling seed parcels of trial entries from cooperating centers bigger packets more than 20 kg with 30-40 small packets, separating entries, drying, winnowing and putting into separate boxes as per trial

Arrangement of polythene packets (40-64), packing in cotton clothes, stitching cloth bag, putting in cartons, carton packing (45 x 30 x 27 cm) and labelling

Collection, transportation and dumping of organic residues (straw, weeds, chaffs, leaves, wigs, etc. from farm campus, threshing floor and net house, etc.) in pre-digestion pits

Watering of vermicompost beds once (12 x 2 x 3 ft)

Preparation of composting piles (cutting of straw, putting strad wastes layer by layer, covering, plastering, and watering etc)

Cleaning of seed godown including rooms (16m X 12m)

Stacking of 30 kg seed gunny bags

Cleaning of seed grader, winnower and other machines in the godown.

Loading and unloading of seed bags of 30 kg for transporting.

Cleaning of straws, grasses and other garbage before transplanting in breeder seed plot only

Application of Farmyard manure in the field

Mulching with paddy straw in between crop rows in natural farming field.

Weed sampling(1m2)

Cleaning of small submergence tanks, placing pots in tanks, filling water in tank and removal as per requirements, holding the plants for recording plant height post submergence.

Collection of recovered plants after BPH/WBPH screening experiments, their treatment with pesticide, potting in one pot per genotype and physical removal of insects.

Sampling matured rice plants from o1 M2 area of research/trail plots, threshing, cleaning of chaff drying to 12-14% and putting grains in cloth bags for weighing .

Collection of panicles from field RGA plots, sampling two seeds per panicle and bulking.

Manually dehusking the 2-3 rice grains from the plants in the field (aromatic/colored rice).

Supplementary outcrossing- Flag leaf clipping in CMS and hybrid seed production plots

Release of fish fry / fingering, acclimatization, manuring and feeding of fingerling or fish fry

Fish Sampling (Netting)