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RRDI Rice Varieties
H4
Variety name : H-4
Year of release : 1958
Pedigree : Murungakayan 302/Mas
Average yield : 3.5 t/ha
Maturity : 136 days
Plant height : 93.0 cm
Basal leaf sheath colour : Dark green
Recommendation : General cultivation
Grain Quality Characteristics
| Brown rice recovery | 80.00% |
| Milling recovery | 72.70% |
| Head rice recovery | 61.40% |
| Amylose content | High |
| Gelatinization temperature | High |
| 1000 grain weight | 28.3 g |
| Grain shape | Long Medium |
| Pericarp colour | Red |
| Bushel weight | 20.8 kg |
| Buff colour presence | No |
Reaction to P & D
| Blast | Bacterial Leaf Blight | Brown Planthopper |
| Moderately Resistant | Moderately Resistant | Moderately Resistant |
