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An investigation to Influence of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) method of cultivation on seed quality parameters of rice (Oryza sativa L.) was conducted at Directorate of Rice Research farm, ICRISAT campus, Patancheru, Hyderabad during Kharif 2013, while laboratory studies were carried out at Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The field experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications with two methods of cultivation, System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Conventional Transplanting (CT) as main treatments and fifteen varieties of different groups as sub treatments. Except seed germination all other seed quality parameters viz., seedling length (root length and shoot length, separately), seedling dry weight (161.11 mg) and vigour index recorded significantly higher values in SRI method compared to Conventional Transplanting (CT). Akshayadhan recorded significantly higher seed quality parameters such as root length (23.38 cm), shoot length (10.05 cm), seedling length (33.43 cm) and vigour index II (19045.00).

Key words: System of Rice Intensification (SRI), Seedling length, Seedling dry weight, Seed vigour indices.