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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.
[7] 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.
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 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] Despite his innovation, Khobragade lived a poor and mostly neglected life. [6] [7] He got some media attention when Forbes magazine named him among seven most powerful entrepreneurs of India in 2010. [8]
Cahill was born in around 1863 in Laidley, Queensland and was the son of Thomas and Sarah Cahill. His father was a blacksmith and his birth was not registered. [2]Cahill moved to the Northern Territory in 1883 when he and his brothers (Tom and Matt) joined Nathaniel Buchanan overlanding 20,000 cattle from western Queensland to Wave Hill Station; he and his brothers then stayed on to manage the ...
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 ...
Ponni rice is a variety of rice developed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in 1986. It is widely cultivated in Tamil Nadu, a state in India and is a hybrid variety of Taichung 65 and Myang Ebos 6080/2. [1] Since the Kaveri River is also called 'Ponni' in Tamil literature, the rice could have been named after the river. The rice is mostly ...