KAU Aadhya (MO 24): A High Yielding White Kernelled Rice Variety for Kerala
Hani Babu*, Leena Kumary S, Devika R, Ambily AK, Surendran M, Nimmy Jose, Biju Joseph, Jyothi Sara Jacob and Gayathri P
Kerala Agricultural University, MS Swaminathan Rice Research Station, Moncompu, Alappuzha, Kerala, India
*Corresponding author Email: hani.babu@kau.in
Volume 18-(1), 2025 ; https://doi.org/10.58297/HSZG4683 Click here for Pdf
Abstract
KAU Aadhya (MO 24, KAUM 180-2, IET 25996) is a high yielding, medium duration, photo-insensitive, non-lodging, medium tillering rice variety with short bold white kernelled grains. It is the first white kernelled rice variety released from M. S. Swaminathan Rice Research Station, Moncompu, with an average yield of 6500 to 7000 kilograms per hectare. KAU Aadhya is developed from a cross between the popular variety Uma (MO 16) and the traditional variety, Thavalakkannan. The variety, MO 24, has slight tolerance to submergence during the early vegetative stage. KAU Aadhya has high hulling and milling percentage comparable to Uma. It also has better cooking quality than Uma. KAU Aadhya (MO 24) was released by the 29th State Seed Sub committee meeting of the Government of Kerala for the agro-ecological units 4, 9, 10 and 22 of the state of Kerala