EVALUATION OF ALTERNATE RICE VARIETY FOR REPLACEMENT OF BPT 5204 IN MADURAI

K. ANANDHI¹*, CHELVIRAMESSH², R. ARIRAMAN^3
1ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
²ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : anandhiagri@gmail.com

Received : 02-03-2020     Accepted : 25-03-2020     Published : 30-03-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 3       Pages : 718 - 719
Genetics 12.3 (2020):718-719

Keywords : Rice, Percent disease incidence, Duration, Yield
Academic Editor : Rajkumar Ramteke
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625 104, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

In Madurai district, Rice is the major crop which is cultivated nearly on 55,983 ha in rabi season (Sep- Oct). In this season, very old and most disease susceptible variety BPT 5204 is predominantly used by Madurai farmers which has become susceptible to attack of insect pest and diseases. To overcome this problem, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Madurai has conducted on farm testing (OFT) on alternative rice variety for BPT 5204 during 2018-19. Five trials were laid out at Velliyankundrum and Thirukanaivillages of Madurai. Varieties used for comparison with BPT 5204 were CO 52 and TKM 13. The parameters like percent disease incidence (PDI), productive tillers, duration and yield (q/ha) were recorded. The results revealed that the rice variety TKM 13 recorded the lowest PDI (5.29) compared to control BPT 5204 (18.63), number of productive tillers was also higher (15) in TKM 13 and thus higher (58.3q/ha) yield was recorded as compared to control (52.3q/ha). It was concluded that, farmers were satisfied with Rice TKM 13 variety due to lower pest and disease incidence and higher yield.

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