Rice Variety information High altitude areas

Single crop area

Aathira(PTB-51): Duration (120– 130 Days ), Grain colour (Red, short bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Semi-tall, non-lodging, moderately resistance to blast and blight diseases and BPH. Suited for I and II crop seasons and also for hilly tracts).

Aswathy(PTB-37): Duration (120 – 125 Days ), Grain colour (White, long bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Suitable for dry sowing in the first crop season).

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).

Deepthi (Wayanad-3): Duration (150-160 Days ), Grain colour (Red), Station of release (RARS, Ambalavayal) , Characteristics (Semi-tall, photo-insensitive, moderately resistant to blast, leaf folder and stem borer. Moderately resistant to drought ).

Jaya: Duration (12 – 125 Days ), Grain colour (White, long bold), Station of release ((CRRI, Cuttack)) , Characteristics (Very high yield potential, highly susceptible to BPH, and other pests).

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).

Sabari (PTB-40):  Duration (130 – 135 Days ), Grain colour (Red, long bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Susceptible to sheath blight).

Uma (MO-16): Duration (115 – 130 days (Punja) 120 – 135 days (Virippu)), Grain colour (Red. medium bold), Station of release (RRS, Moncombu) , Characteristics (Non-lodging, resistant to BPH and Gall Midge bold Biotype – 5. Dormancy upto 3 weeks. Suited  to three seasons especially to additional crop season  of Kuttanad.).

WND-1 (Thondi): Duration (Days ), Grain colour (), Station of release (RARS, Ambalavayal) , Characteristics ().

WND-2 (Palthondi): Duration (Days ), Grain colour (), Station of release (RARS, Ambalavayal) , Characteristics ().

Double crop area

Aathira(PTB-51): Duration (120– 130 Days ), Grain colour (Red, short bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Semi-tall, non-lodging, moderately resistance to blast and blight diseases and BPH. Suited for I and II crop seasons and also for hilly tracts).

Aswathy(PTB-37): Duration (120 – 125 Days ), Grain colour (White, long bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Suitable for dry sowing in the first crop season).

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).

Bharathy(PTB-41): Duration (120 – 125 Days ), Grain colour (Red, long bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Tolerant to BPH, moderately resistant to blast, suitable for dry sowing).

Deepthi (Wayanad-3): Duration (150-160 Days ), Grain colour (Red), Station of release (RARS, Ambalavayal) , Characteristics (Semi-tall, photo-insensitive, moderately resistant to blast, leaf folder and stem borer. Moderately resistant to drought ).

Jaya: Duration (12 – 125 Days ), Grain colour (White, long bold), Station of release ((CRRI, Cuttack)) , Characteristics (Very high yield potential, highly susceptible to BPH, and other pests).

Sabari (PTB-40):  Duration (130 – 135 Days ), Grain colour (Red, long bold), Station of release (RARS, Pattambi) , Characteristics (Susceptible to sheath blight).

Uma (MO-16): Duration (115 – 130 days (Punja) 120 – 135 days (Virippu)), Grain colour (Red. medium bold), Station of release (RRS, Moncombu) , Characteristics (Non-lodging, resistant to BPH and Gall Midge bold Biotype – 5. Dormancy upto 3 weeks. Suited  to three seasons especially to additional crop season  of Kuttanad.).