Telephone

+94 812 388331 / 32/ 34

Email Address

info@doa.gov.lk

Office Address

Department of Agriculture, P.O.Box. 01,
Peradeniya

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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

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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

 

BlastBacterial Leaf BlightBrown Planthopper
Moderately ResistantModerately ResistantModerately Resistant