It prefers warm temperature range as it is a tropical crop. It thrives well in the temperature range of 25 to 370 C. It prefers higher humidity range. However, bright sunshine at flowering and maturity with intermittent raine results into higher yield. Low temperature fevers blast attack.

i) Awatni : In this methods after uprooting the seedlings from nursery beds, the seedlings are thrown on the well prepared field. While throwing the seedlings on the field, only one seedling is thrown at a place. Than, the other seedling in the horizontal plane (rows) is thrown close  to the first one but their leaves should be just apart from each other. In case of the vertical plane (column) seedling should be thrown in such a way that the central leaf should be just below the roots of the upper or previously placed seedling. This practice should be followed when there it continuous drizzle. After 5-6 days, the seedlings, stand erect.

ii) Normal transplanting : In case of normal transplanting the field is prepared by 2 ploughings, before second ploughing the recommended fertilizer dose is applied. Then in the well prepared soft field, seedlings uprooted from the nursery are transplanted by maintaining one seedling per hill at 25 x 15 cm spacing. Soil should be pressed firmly around the base, so that the seedling will remain erect.

iii) Thomba method/Dibbling : In this method the field is well prepared just before transplanting by giving two ploughings. Then the uprooted seedlings from the nursery are place in a shallow pit prepared by hammering a pointed pole at the place where seedling is to be transplanted. Before transplanting a seedling in the pit, given quantity of fertilizer is placed in the pit and covered with soil. After putting the seedling in the pit, soil is firmly pressed around it, so that it will stand erect. The spacing should be 25x15 cm. Shallow transplanting upto 3-4 cm is recommended.