Puddling (agriculture)

Puddling is the tillage of rice paddies while flooded, an ancient practice that is used to prepare for rice cultivation. Historically, this has been accomplished by dragging a weighted harrow across a flooded paddy field behind a buffalo or ox, and is now accomplished using mechanized approaches, often using a walking tractor.

Puddling operation in Tamil Nadu, India

Puddling reduces the percolation rates of water by churning the clay particles and making them close many of the soil pores.[1]

References

Lu, Jun; Ookawa, Taiichiro; Hirasawa, Tadashi (2000). "The effects of irrigation regimes on the water use, dry matter production and physiological responses of paddy rice". Plant and Soil. 223: 209. doi:10.1023/A:1004898504550.

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[1] Lu, Jun; Ookawa, Taiichiro; Hirasawa, Tadashi (2000). "The effects of irrigation regimes on the water use, dry matter production and physiological responses of paddy rice". Plant and Soil. 223: 209. doi:10.1023/A:1004898504550.