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various methods of seed sowing.

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#palakpriyampandey #agriculture #seed sowing #agriculture Seed sowing.  Seed sowing is defined as placing the seed in the soil to germinate and grow into a plant, but planting is putting the plant to propagule in soil for growing plants. Propagules are seedlings, roots, tubers, leaves, or cuttings. Transplanting is a term that is used for planting the seedling grown into nurseries to different fields or pots for different purposes. Sowing of crop is done by following methods 1. Broadcasting 2. Drilling or line sowing. 3. Dibbling 4. Transplanting 5. Planting 6. Putting the seeds in plough furrow. Explanation:- 1. Broadcasting Broadcasting is the most common and oldest method of seed sowing, where the seeds are just spread on the soil. Then seeds may or may not be covered with soil. Broadcasting may be done manually with hands or through a mechanical spreader. #agriculture #palakpriyampandey #seedsowing Advantages of Manual Broadcasting:- The manual method is ch...