Suitable varieties

The medium land ecosystem covering 40% of the total rice area in Odisha is highly suitable for rice-rice cropping system. The characteristics of varieties suitable for different ecologies are mentioned below.

High yielding short and medium duration (115 to 135 days) with photo-insensitive cultivars are most suitable for medium land ecosystem. The crop can be transplanted or direct seeded with beushening.
Lowland ecosystem constitutes 35% of the rice area of the state covers mainly in the coastal region. Long duration (145 to 165 days) photosensitive varieties with strong seed dormancy are grown under this ecosystem. Tall cultivars (height > 120 cm) are grown in lowlands. The productivity of these varieties barely reaches 1 t/ha.

For rice varieties suitable for different agro-climatic zones and ecologies please visit the “ecology wise crop varieties” and “stress tolerant crops varieties” sections under weather smart technology.