Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics

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Varieties developed

 RICE

TRY 1
Parentage : RP 578-172-2-2 / PR 1-2-P-1
Year of Release : 1995
Duration : 135 days
Season : Samba, Late Samba
Mean Yield : 5120 kg / ha
Salient Features :
·       Suitable for both saline and alkaline soils

·       Tolerant to water inundation

·       Moderately resistant to blast

·       Medium bold grain

·       Suitable for rice flakes and popped rice

·       Performs well even under Zinc deficient soils
 TRY (R) 2
Parentage : RP 825-45-1-3 / IR 36
Year of Release : 2002
Duration : 115 days
Season : Kuruvai, Navarai
Mean Yield : 4360 kg / ha
Salient Features :
·       Suitable for both saline and alkaline soils

·       Short duration

·       Moderately resistant to blast

·       Long slender grain

·       Also suitable for semi dry system of cultivation

TNAU RICE TRY 3

Parentage : ADT 43 / Jeeraga Samba
Year of Release : 2010
Duration : 135 days
Season : Samba / Late Samba / Thaladi
Mean Yield : 5830  kg / ha

Salient Features     :

  • High grain yield over ADT (R) 46 (10.8%)
  • Highly suitable for ‘Idli’ making
  • Moderately tolerant to sodicity
  • Medium bold grain
  • High Milling (71.3%) and Head Rice Recovery (66.0%)
  • High out turn of rice flakes (82.2%)
  • Resistant to Leaf folder, Stem borer and BPH
  • Resistant to Blast, Brown Spot, Sheath Rot and Sheath Blight

RAGI

TRY 1

Year of release : 1987
Parentage : Selection from HR 374
Duration : 102 days
Mean Yield : 4.0 Tonne / ha
Salient features :
·       Saline and drought tolerant

·       Incurved ear with brown seed

Sl.No.

 Crop / variety Year of release

Features
1 Rice TRY 4 2021
  • Parentage : ADT 39 x Co 45
  • Mid early (127 days)
  • Suited to late samba/ thaladi
  • Medium slender rice
  • Best alternate to ADT 39 and TKM 13
  • Resistant to blast and brown spot
  • Moderately tolerant to sodicity
  • High milling (68.1%) and head rice recovery (57.2%)
  • Good cooking and organoleptic characters

 

                                 

                                              TRY 4 Rice   

2. Rice TRY 5 2022
  • Parentage: Mutant of Trichy 2
  • Early duration (105-110 days)
  • Suited to kuruvai/navarai
  • Long slender white rice
  • Suitable for salt affected soil
  • Moderately resistant  to Blast, brown spot, BPH, WBPH and GLH
  • High milling (68%) and head rice recovery (57%)
  • Good cooking and organoleptic characters

 

                                   

                                      TRY 5 Rice

Sl.No. Crop / variety Year of release Features
3 Daincha TRY 1

 

 2023 Percentage : Selection from Sivagangai local

Duration : 45 days for in situ ploughing

Season : Kuruvai / Samba/ Thaladi / Navarai

 

Salient features

 

Higher biomass yield (17.80 tonnes / ha)

Suitable for in-situ ploughing on 45 days

More nodules per plant

Uniform crop stand and high seed yield

Low CN ratio in plants

High biomass in salt affected soils and able to ameliorate salinity and sodicity

Best suited alternate crop in wetland ecosystem
 

Daincha TRY 1

NEW INITIATIVES

Crop Target Timeline
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