A field experiment was conducted to research the effects of herbicide application on seedling quality of rice direct seeding, by comparing the method of rice direct seeding with herbicide and non-herbicide. Data showed that the average number of plants in the two seasons decreased by 0.87 leaf ages. Plant height, stem base width, leaf length, leaf width, total root number, white root number, longest root length, the dry matter and root dry matter decreased by 18.69%, 16.71%, 16.89%, 17.02%, 15.02%, 11.48%, 14.78%, 21.15% and 17.24% on ...