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Paddy varieties of Kerala
Short duration varieties
Season : Virippu (I crop / autumn), Mundakan (II crop / winter), Puncha (III crop / summer) |
| Variety |
Duration(Days) |
Bran Color and
Grain Type |
Characteristics |
| Hraswa (Cul 24-20) |
75-80 |
Red
medium and bold |
Extra-short duration variety. Ideal as a contingent variety for areas where there is crop loss. Susceptible to leaf folder. Raised only as direct sown crop. |
| Kattamodan-Tall (PTB 28) |
110-115 |
Red |
For uplands (modan). Tolerant to drought. |
| Karuthamodan-Tall (PTB 29) |
105-110 |
Red |
For uplands (modan). Tolerant to drought. |
| Chuvannamodan-Tall (PTB 30) |
105-110 |
Red |
For uplands (modan). Tolerant to drought. |
| Annapurna (PTB 35) |
95-100 |
Red
short and bold |
Suitable for direct seeding. Susceptible to blast, sheath blight and Brown plant hopper. Suited for I and III crop seasons. |
| Rohini (PTB 36) |
85-105 |
White
long and bold |
Performs well during virippu season. Not recommended for mundakan season. Suitable for direct seeding. |
| Triveni (PTB 38) |
100-105 |
White
long and bold |
Tolerant to Brown plant hopper. Susceptible to blast and sheath blight. |
| Jyothy (PTB 39) |
110-125 |
Red
long and bold |
Moderately tolerant to Brown plant hopper and blast; susceptible to sheath blight; suitable for direct seeding, transplanting and special systems of Kole and Kuttanad. |
| Swarnaprabha (PTB 43) |
105-110 |
White
long and bold |
Suited for upland (modan) and for all the three seasons in the wet lands. Resistant to blast, susceptible to sheath blight and bacterial blight. Moderately resistant to stem borer. |
| Mattatriveni (PTB 45) |
100-105 |
Red
medium and bold |
Tolerant to Brown plant hopper, susceptible to blast and sheath blight. Suitable for I and III crop |
| Kairali (PTB 49) |
110-115 |
Red
long and bold |
Moderately resistant to blast, blight, gall midge and leaf folder. Can be cultivated in all the three seasons. |
| Kanchana (PTB 50) |
105-110 |
Red
long and bold |
Suitable for Kole and Kuttanad regions. Resistant to blight, blast, stem borer and gall midge. Suitable for all seasons. |
| Karthika (MO 7) |
105-125 |
Red
long and bold |
Suitable for growing in all the three seasons. Moderate resistance to sheath blight, sheath rot and BPH. A good first crop component in koottumundakan |
| Aruna (MO 8) |
100-110 |
Red
medium and bold |
Tolerant to Brown plant hopper and stem borer, moderately resistant to gall midge, sheath blight and sheath rot. Dormancy up to one month. Specifically suited to wet season. |
| Makom (MO 9) |
100-110 |
Red
short and bold |
Moderately resistant to pests like Brown plant hopper, stem borer, gall midge, leaf folder and diseases like sheath blight and sheath rot. Dormancy up to one month. Specifically suited for wet season. Can be cultivated in all the three seasons. |
| Remanika (MO 15) |
100-105 |
Red
short and bold |
Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to BPH and medium resistant to gall midge. |
| Revathy (MO 17) |
105-110 |
Red
medium and bold |
Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to BPH and medium resistant to gall midge. Dormancy up to 3 weeks. Suited to all the three seasons especially to additional crop of Kuttanad. |
| Krishnanjana (MO 19) |
105-110 |
Red
medium and bold |
Medium tillering, resistant to BPH and dormancy up to 3 weeks, suited to all seasons especially to kari lands of Kuttanad, tolerant to iron toxicity. |
| Bhagya (Kayamkulam-2) |
100 |
Red |
Suitable for first crop season in Onattukara and eastern lateritic region. Drought resistant in the early growth phases. Moderately tolerant to blight, stem borer, leaf roller and case worm. |
| Onam (Kayamkulam-3) |
95 |
Red |
Drought tolerant in the early growth phases. Moderately resistant to blight, sheath blight and blast. Suited for dry sowing in the first crop season of Onattukara region. |
| ASD 17 |
100-105 |
White
short and bold |
Good grain quality and high yielding. |
| Ahalya |
90-100 |
Red |
Good cooking quality, tolerant to leaf folder and moisture stress in the early growth phase. |
| Harsha (PTB 55) |
105-110 |
Red
long and bold |
Suitable for direct seeding in rainfed lowlands. Moderate resistance to blast and moisture stress. |
| Varsha (PTB 56) |
110-115 |
Red
long and bold |
Suitable for direct seeding and transplanting in irrigated lowlands. Moderate resistance to blue beetle. |
| Kunjukunju Varna (VK-1) |
110-115 |
Red
short and bold |
Photo-insensitive, moderately tolerant to major pests like gall fly, leaf folder, whorl maggot and stem borer. Adapted for double cropped areas of Palghat, Thrissur and Ernakulam districts as direct seeded or transplanted crop. Leaf sheath and apiculus are purple pigmented. |
| Kunjukunju Priya (VK-2) |
105-110 |
Red
short and bold |
Photo-insensitive, moderately tolerant to major pests like gall fly, leaf folder, whorl maggot, and stem borer. Adapted for double cropped areas of Palghat, Thrissur and Ernakulam districts as direct seeded or transplanted crop. This is a non-pigmented variety. |
| Chingam |
95-100 |
Red
short and bold |
Photo-insensitive semi-tall variety suitable for first crop season in Onattukara. Moderately resistant to sheath blight and brown leaf spot. |
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Medium duration varieties
Season : Virippu (I crop / autumn), Mundakan (II crop / winter), Puncha (III crop / summer) |
| Variety |
Duration(Days) |
Bran Color and
Grain Type |
Characteristics |
| Jaya |
120-125 |
White
long and bold |
Very high yield potential, highly susceptible to Brown plant hopper, plant hopper and other pests. |
| Aswathy (PTB 37) |
120-125 |
White
long and bold |
Suitable for dry sowing in the first crop season. |
| Sabari (PTB 40) |
130-135 |
Red
long and bold |
Susceptible to sheath blight |
| Bharathy (PTB 41) |
120-125 |
Red
long and bold |
Tolerant to Brown plant hopper, moderately resistant to blast, suitable for dry sowing. |
| Suvarnamodan (PTB 42) |
110-115 |
White |
Suitable for dry sown conditions, medium tall, moderately resistant to pests and diseases. |
| Jayathi (PTB 46) |
120-125 |
White
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Resistant to Brown plant hopper, green leaf hopper, leaf folder, blast and bacterial leaf streak, non-lodging, semi-tall, suitable for all the three seasons. |
| Aathira (PTB 51) |
120-130 |
Red
short and bold |
Semi-tall, non-lodging, moderate resistance to blast and blight diseases and Brown plant hopper. Suited for I and II crop seasons and also for hilly tracts. |
| Aiswarya (PTB 52) |
120-125 |
Red
long and bold |
Suitable for modan. Resistant to blast and blight diseases. Resistant to Brown plant hopper. Suited for first and second crop seasons. |
| Bhadra (MO 4) |
120-125 |
Red |
Suitable for puncha season in Kuttanad region. Low susceptibility to pests and diseases. Tolerant to Brown plant hopper. Weakly photosensitive. |
| Asha (MO 5) |
115-120 |
Red
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Suitable for both seasons of Kuttanad. Moderately tolerant to pests and diseases. Tolerant to Brown plant hopper. |
| Pavizham (MO 6) |
115-120 |
Red
short and bold |
Easy to thresh. Fairly resistant to Brown plant hopper. Moderately resistant to stack burn and sheath rot and fairly resistant to sheath blight. |
| Remya (MO 10) |
110-120 |
Red
long and bold |
Moderately resistant to Brown plant hopper, gall midge, sheath blight and sheath rot, semi-tall variety. Suitable for all the three seasons. Seed dormancy up to one month. |
| Kanakom (MO 11) |
120-125 |
Red
medium and bold |
Resistant to Brown plant hopper and moderately resistant to stem borer. Resistant to diseases like rice tungro virus and blast. Moderately resistant to bacterial blight. Semi-tall variety suitable for all the three seasons. |
| Renjini (MO 12) |
115-120 |
Red
medium and bold |
Dwarf, resistant to blast and Brown plant hopper. |
| Pavithra (MO 13) |
115-120 |
Red
medium and bold |
Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to Brown plant hopper and GM Biotype-5. |
| Panchami (MO 14) |
115-120 |
Red
medium and bold |
Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to Brown plant hopper and GM Biotype-5. |
| Uma (MO 16) |
115-120 Mundakan 120-135 Virippu |
Red
medium and bold |
Dwarf, medium tillering, non-lodging, resistant to Brown plant hopper and GM Biotype-5. Dormancy up to 3 weeks. Suited to three seasons especially to additional crop season of Kuttanad. |
| Karishma (MO 18) |
115-120 |
Red
medium and bold |
Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to Brown plant hopper and medium resistant to Gall Midge. Suited to three seasons especially to kari lands to Kuttanad; tolerant to iron toxicity. |
| Vyttila-1 (Chootupokkali-Tall) |
115 |
Red |
Suitable for Pokkali areas. |
| Vyttila-2 (Cheruvirippu Tall) |
125-130 |
Red
Bold
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Suitable for virippu season in the saline areas of Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts |
| Vyttila-3 |
110-115 |
Red |
Suitable for virippu season in the coastal saline areas of Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts. |
| Vyttila-4 |
120-125 |
Red |
Suitable for virippu season in the coastal saline areas (Pokkali ecosystem) and other flood prone areas and deep water situations. |
| Vyttila-5 |
115-120 |
Red
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Tall, moderately lodging, tolerant to major diseases and pests except Bacterial leaf blight, leaf scald, stem borer, leaf folder and rice bug. |
| Arathy (ACV-1) |
120-135 |
Red
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Seed dormancy up to one month. Recommended for southern region for virippu season for delayed sowing and for situations where over-aged seedling may have to be planted. Moderately resistant to sheath blight, sheath rot and Brown plant hopper. |
| ASD 16 |
110-115 |
White
short and bold |
Good grain quality, high yield |
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Long duration varieties
Season : Mundakan (II crop / winter) |
| Variety |
Duration(Days) |
Bran Color and
Grain Type |
Characteristics |
| Lakshmi (Kayamkulam-1) |
175-180 |
Red |
Suitable for second crop season. Moderately resistant to leaf roller, blast, blight and sheath blight, fairly resistant to stem borer. |
| Dhanya (Kayamkulam-4) |
160-165 |
Red |
Photosensitive, moderately resistant to stem borer, gall midge, sheath blight and blast. |
| Reshmi (PTB 44) |
150-160 |
Red
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Suitable for growing in the second crop as the mundakan for Koottumundakan system. Resistant to leaf folder and tolerant to gall midge. |
| Neeraja (PTB 47) |
140-150 |
White |
Moderately resistant to leaf folder, resistant to blast and moderately susceptible to sheath blight, non-lodging, photosensitive, dormant, suited to flood prone and waterlogged areas and poonthalpadams. |
| Nila (PTB 48) |
160-180 |
Red
short and bold |
Photosensitive, capable of producing good grain and straw yields under low fertilizer application. Suitable for karinkora cultivation. Highly resistant to thrips, Brown plant hopper and moderately resistant to gall midge, stem borer and sheath blight. Can be cultivated in areas where water supply is assured till the middle of January. |
| Mangalamahsuri (PTB 53) |
140-145 |
Red
Medium and Slender
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Multiple resistant, tolerant to iron toxicity and waterlogging. Good response to low fertilizer regimes. |
| Karuna (PTB 54) |
140-145 |
Red
long and bold |
Multiple resistant, tolerant to iron toxicity, good response to low fertilizer regimes, susceptible to brown spot. Specific to II crop season. |
| Kottarakkara-1 (Cheradi) |
140-145 |
Red
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For waterlogged deep soils |
| Makaram (KTR 2) |
160-165 |
Red
short and bold |
Photosensitive; suitable for eastern lateritic region; II crop component in koottumundakan system |
| Kumbham (KTR 3) |
165-175 |
Red
short and bold
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Photosensitive, tolerant to lodging; suitable for eastern lateritic region; II crop component in koottumundakan system |
| Pankaj (Semi-tall) |
135-140 |
White |
For ill-drained deep soils, susceptible to leaf blight. |
| H4 (Tall) |
125-145 |
Red
bold |
For ill-drained deep soils |
| Mahsuri (Tall) |
125-145 |
White
Fine rice |
Excessive shedding of grains at maturity, susceptible to blast. |
| Deepthi |
150-160 |
Red
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Semi-tall, photo-insensitive, moderately resistant to blast, leaf folder and stem borer, moderately resistant to drought. |
| Ponni |
140-145 |
White
medium and slender |
Fine grain quality rice. |
| White Ponni |
135-140 |
White
medium and slender |
Fine grain quality rice. |
| Ponmani |
160-165 |
White
short and bold |
Resistant to Brown plant hopper and high yield potential |
| Pranava |
130-135 |
White
medium and slender |
Multiple resistant. Suitable for the black cotton soils of Chittoor. |
| Swetha |
140-145 |
White
short and bold |
Suitable for black cotton soils of Chittoor taluk as a transplanted II crop |
| Dhanu |
150-160 |
Red
Short and bold |
Photosensitive variety suitable for the second crop in Onattukara. Tolerant to sheath blight, brown leaf spot and stem borer. |
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SCENTED AND MEDICINAL RICES
Season : Mundakan (II crop / winter) |
| Variety |
Duration(Days) |
Grain Type |
Suitability for cultivation |
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| Gandhakasala |
150-180 |
Straw colored, small, round grains, aromatic with white kernel |
Suitable for transplanting during Khariff |
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| Jeerakasala |
150-180 |
Straw colored, slightly longer and slender grains, aromatic with white kernel |
Suitable for transplanting during Khariff |
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| Velumbala |
180 |
White, long slender grains, aromatic with white kernel
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Suitable for transplanting during Khariff |
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| Chomala |
165-180 |
Small, slender reddish straw colored grains, Aromatic with white kernel |
Suitable for direct seeding in uplands |
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| Kayama |
150-180 |
Straw colored, small, round grains, aromatic with white kernel |
Suitable for transplanting during Khariff |
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| Kothampalarikkayama |
120-130 |
Small, slender black grains. Aromatic with white kernel.
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Suitable for Khariff |
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| Pookkilathari |
130-135 |
Small, slender , straw coloured grains, Aromatic with white kernel. |
Suitable for transplanting in "palliyals" (Single crop terracelands) during Rabi. |
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| Njavara |
70-75 |
Plants tall, lanky lodging Panicles are short to medium in length. Yellow and black glumed types occur. The yellow type hasgolden yellow lemma and palea while it is black in the other Seed coats are brown in colour, endosperm non waxy and grains non scented
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Suitable for Kharif crop in uplands and Summer crop in wetlands |
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| Chennellu |
120-125 |
Yellow and red glumed types occur. The yellow type has golden yellow grains with purple apiculus while the red type has bright red grains. Seed coats are brown in colour, endosperm non waxy and grains non scented |
Red type is grown in coconut gardens during Kharif season while yellow type is grown in wetlands during Kharif and rabi |
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| Kavungin-poothala |
150-160 |
Photosensitive, Long slender white grains
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Suitable for rabi crop |
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