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The BPT 5204 (Samba Mahsuri) is a popular variety grown in this region, but the variety is susceptible to BLB. Farmers were impressed by the new variety, so many of them started asking for the seed for the next season. To that extent, these demonstrations have helped generate awareness about the new variety.
Highest yield of 10.31 tonnes of paddy (BPT 5204 variety) per hectare against average 5 - 6.5 tonnes Highest yield of 6.5 tonnes of wheat (Lok 1 variety) per hectare against average 2.5 - 3 tonnes For grape farming, a yield of 30-32 tonnes of grape per acre was achieved, whereas the average output, who make use of pesticides, fertilisers, gets ...
Polished sona masuri rice. Sona masuri (IET No. 7244, BPT 3291, also spelled sona masoori or sona mahsuri) is a lightweight and aromatic medium-grain rice, [1] which is the result of a cross combination of the sona and masuri rice varieties.
The first agricultural college in South India was started in Bapatla on 11 July 1945. BPT-5204 and Samba Masuri paddy varieties were developed here by MV Reddy. The Cashew Research Center at Bapatla developed the popular BPP-8 variety of cashews. [7]
BPT 5204 (rice variety of Sona Masuri), BPT 2270 (Bhavapuri Sannalu) and BPT 2231 (Akshaya) were developed at this rice research unit. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] There are also a number of research institutes of this agricultural university, such as the AICRP on Betelvine, and a cashew research station.
[4] Around 1983, Khobragade noticed a plant with slightly different appearance and yellowish seeds in his field planted with the 'Patel 3' variety of paddy, which he experimented on in the years to come. The new variety was found giving high yields compared to the varieties available at that time. By 1990, the variety was given a name HMT. [5]
Gandhakasala rice is a variety of rice cultivated by the farmers in Wayanad District in Kerala. This is a scented variety of rice grown mostly by the members of the tribal communities of in Panamaram, Sultan Bathery, and Mananthavady areas in Wayanad. [1] As of 2010, gandhkasala is cultivated in an area of 327 hectares and jeerakasala in 22 ...
Since 1991–92, there has been significant decrease in the area of Katarni rice cultivation, mainly due to: (i) increased irrigation cost, (ii) higher production of other paddy varieties; (iii) declining demand in local as well as global market due to introduction of adulterated variety in the market.