BRRI develops 3 new rice varieties
Friday, 31 October 2008
FE Report
The scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have developed three new rice varieties, namely BRRI dhan48, BRRI dhan49 and BRRI hybrid dhan2.
The National Seed Board (NSB) has recently released the varieties for mass cultivation. With these three, the total number of BRRI developed high yielding modern rice varieties stood at 50.
"The three new rice varieties will enhance the sales turnover of farmers as there will be less wastage in processing the key food item," an official of BRRI said.
Yield of BRRI dhan48, a transplanted Aus variety with 115 days growth duration, is 5 tonnes per hectare. Its milled rice is medium size and cooked rice non-sticky. It is moderately resistant against bacterial blight.
BRRI dhan49, a transplanted Aman variety with 135 days growth duration, has the potential to yield half of a ton per hectare more than BR11 and one tonne more than BRRI dhan32.
Size and taste of the variety are like that of the Nizersail. The variety would meet the long time demand of the farmers and consumers. Intensity of pest attack in the variety is much less than that of BR11. Stem of the variety is strong enough to keep the rice plant upright during stormy weather. Moreover, it is 7-10 earlier than BRI 1.
BRRI hybrid rice scientists have developed one more hybrid rice variety BRRI hybrid dhan2 suitable for the Boro season and the agro-climate conditions of the country.
It has 8.5 tonnes yield per hectare with 145 days growth duration. Its milled rice is medium slender and cooked rice is non-sticky. NSB released the variety for mass cultivation in Dhaka, Comilla, Jessore and Rajshahi. BRRI for the first time developed BRRI hybrid dhan1 in 2003.
Experts say, cultivation of the three varieties would contribute much to attain food security of the country.
According to the latest Quarterly Economic Update of Asian Development Bank (ADB), combined with the increased price of rice in international markets, a domestic production shortfall of aman adversely affected the country's food security and poverty profile.
Agriculture grew at 3.6 per cent in FY2008, after recovering from losses caused by the two floods and the cyclone in the first half of the fiscal year.
The scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have developed three new rice varieties, namely BRRI dhan48, BRRI dhan49 and BRRI hybrid dhan2.
The National Seed Board (NSB) has recently released the varieties for mass cultivation. With these three, the total number of BRRI developed high yielding modern rice varieties stood at 50.
"The three new rice varieties will enhance the sales turnover of farmers as there will be less wastage in processing the key food item," an official of BRRI said.
Yield of BRRI dhan48, a transplanted Aus variety with 115 days growth duration, is 5 tonnes per hectare. Its milled rice is medium size and cooked rice non-sticky. It is moderately resistant against bacterial blight.
BRRI dhan49, a transplanted Aman variety with 135 days growth duration, has the potential to yield half of a ton per hectare more than BR11 and one tonne more than BRRI dhan32.
Size and taste of the variety are like that of the Nizersail. The variety would meet the long time demand of the farmers and consumers. Intensity of pest attack in the variety is much less than that of BR11. Stem of the variety is strong enough to keep the rice plant upright during stormy weather. Moreover, it is 7-10 earlier than BRI 1.
BRRI hybrid rice scientists have developed one more hybrid rice variety BRRI hybrid dhan2 suitable for the Boro season and the agro-climate conditions of the country.
It has 8.5 tonnes yield per hectare with 145 days growth duration. Its milled rice is medium slender and cooked rice is non-sticky. NSB released the variety for mass cultivation in Dhaka, Comilla, Jessore and Rajshahi. BRRI for the first time developed BRRI hybrid dhan1 in 2003.
Experts say, cultivation of the three varieties would contribute much to attain food security of the country.
According to the latest Quarterly Economic Update of Asian Development Bank (ADB), combined with the increased price of rice in international markets, a domestic production shortfall of aman adversely affected the country's food security and poverty profile.
Agriculture grew at 3.6 per cent in FY2008, after recovering from losses caused by the two floods and the cyclone in the first half of the fiscal year.