Rice Variety information Chittor black soil

First crop

ASD-16:  Duration (110 – 115 Days ), Grain colour (White, short bold), Station of release ((TNAU)) , Characteristics (Good grain quality, high yield).

ASD-17: Duration (100-105 Days ), Grain colour (White, short bold), Station of release ((TNAU)) , Characteristics (Good grain quality and high yielding).

Mahsuri:  Duration (124-145 Days ), Grain colour (White, fine rice), Station of release (CRRI, Cuttack) , Characteristics (Excessive shedding of grains at maturity, susceptible to blast).

Ranjini (MO-12): Duration ( 115 – 120 Days ), Grain colour (Red, medium bold), Station of release (RRS, Moncombu) , Characteristics (Dwarf, resistant to blast and BPH).

Varsha (PTB-56): Duration ( 110 – 115 Days ), Grain colour ( Red, long bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Suitable for direct seeding and transplanting in irrigated lowlands.  Moderate resistance to blue beetle).

Second crop

ASD-16:  Duration (110 – 115 Days ), Grain colour (White, short bold), Station of release ((TNAU)) , Characteristics (Good grain quality, high yield).

ASD-17: Duration (100-105 Days ), Grain colour (White, short bold), Station of release ((TNAU)) , Characteristics (Good grain quality and high yielding).

Bhadra(MO-4): Duration (120 – 125 (125 – 135 for addl. Crop)Days ), Grain colour (Red, short bold), Station of release (RRS, Moncombu) , Characteristics (Suitable for puncha season in Kuttanad region. Low susceptibility to pests and diseases.  Tolerant to BPH. Weakly photosensitive).

Karuna (PTB-54): Duration (140-145 Days ), Grain colour (Red, long bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Multiple resistant, tolerant to iron toxicity, good response to low fertilizer regimes, susceptible to brown spot. Specific to II crop season.).

Ponmani: Duration (160-165 Days ), Grain colour (White, short bold), Station of release (TNAU) , Characteristics (Resistant to BPH; high yield potential).

Ponni: Duration (140-145 Days ), Grain colour (White, medium slender), Station of release (TNAU) , Characteristics (Fine grain quality rice).

Pranava: Duration (130-135 Days ), Grain colour (White, medium slender), Station of release (DRR, Hyderabad) , Characteristics (Multiple resistant, suitable for the black cotton soils of Chittoor).

Swetha (PTB-57): Duration (135-140 Days ), Grain colour (White, short bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Suitable for black cotton soils of Chittoor taluk as transplanted II crop).

Vellaponni: Duration (135-140Days ), Grain colour (White, medium slender), Station of release (TNAU) , Characteristics (Fine grain quality rice).