Tamil Nadu Agricultural University breeding New Idly Rice Varieties

Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is developing new idly rice varieties. Researches for developing new varieties. Researches for developing new varieties of idly rice are at advanced stages in the TNAU farms, says TNAU Vice-Chancellor C Ramaswamy and director, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics T S Raveendran.

The scientist at the university are looking for high-yielding variety with better resistance to pest and diseases to replace the traditional varieties.

The popular among the traditional idly rice varieties 1009 and ASD 16. CR 1009 yields more than 6.5 the tones per hectare while the latter, 6 tonnes per hectare.

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