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Botanical Name:
Oryza sativa L.
Old Name:
NR10353
Parental Line :
Jumli Marsi / IR 36 (NR10353-8-2-1)
Agronomical Characters:
Days to flowering from seedlings: 117
Days to maturity from seeding: 158
Plant height: 105.8
Panicle number per m2 : 329
1000 grain weight (gram): 23.4
Yield (kg/ha): 7726
Morphological Characters:
Leaf Color: Pale Green
Leaf Pubescence: Intermediate-glabrous
Ligule shape: 2-Cleft
Ligules Color: White
Protein Content:
7.40 %
Ash Content:
0.51 %
Biotic Response :
No severe insect damage have been found, Moderate resistant-moderate susceptible to blast.
Abiotic Response:
It can be grown in upland, rain-fed to irrigated condition.
Recommended Area:
Terai, Hills
Mid Hills :
June (upto 20th Ashad)
Foot Hills:
June – July (Srawan)
Seed Rate (Hectare):
50.00 hectare
Spacing:
2-3 seedlings with 20 cm * 20 cm spacing
Reasons for Recommendation:
High Grain Yield
Lodging resistant
Input efficient
High Milling recovery
Good cooking quality and taste
Distinctness:
Dwarf
Upright high tillering
Long, narrow erect leaves
Early and fast leaf senescence
Panicles hide with upright flag leaf at maturity
Awnless
Seed Treatment:
With Bavisitin or Derosal @2-3 gm/Kg of seed at 4-5 days before seedling in the bed to control foot rot and blast at seedling stage.
Foliar Spray:
Spraying Kasu “B” @ 2ml or Hinosan @ 1.5ml / liter of water at tillering and heading will safeguard the crop blast.
Origin:
Crop:
Variety:
Khumal 8
Amylose Content:
21.28 %
Maturity(in days):
120
3.5
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