DRRH-4 (IET 27937) – World’s First Public Bred Aerobic Rice Hybrid
Senguttuvel P*, Hari Prasad AS, Sundaram RM, Revathi P, Kemparaju KB, Sruthi K, Subba Rao LV, Aravind Kumar J, Sheshu Madhav M, Muthuraman P, Laha GS, Nirmala B, Amtul Waris, Sreedevi B, Somasekhar N, Kannan C, Prasad MS, Mahender Kumar R, Sadath Ali M, Koteshwar Rao P, Nagarjuna E, Beulah P, JaldhaniV, Sravan Raju N, Nagaraju and Manasa Y
ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030
*Corresponding author Email: senguttuvel@gmail.com
Volume 16-(1), 2023 ; https://doi.org/10.58297/KCIX9658 Click here for Pdf
Received : 6th May, 2023; Accepted: 21st May, 2023
Abstract
DRRH-4 [IET 27937 (IIRRH-124)], is an aerobic rice hybrid developed from APMS-6A / AR 9-18 cross. It was evaluated in AICRIP multi-location aerobic rice trials during wet seasons of 2018 to 2021. DRRH-4 consistently out-performed the check varieties in Punjab, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Tripura and Gujarat states with a mean grain yield 5030 kg/ha, which is 32%, 28%, 22% and 11% higher than national check, zonal, local and hybrid checks, respectively. In addition, it exhibited moderate resistance to leaf blast, neck blast, gall midge, rice stem borer, and whorl maggot. DRRH-4 has early duration of 120 days (seed to seed) and possess desirable grain and cooking quality parameters. It was released for cultivation in aerobic ecosystems of Punjab, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Tripura and Gujarat states through Central Sub-committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops vide S.O. 4065(E) dt. 31st Aug., 2022 [CG-DL-E-31082022-238490].