Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Supriya, Dhananjay K Singh, Okram Ricky Devi, Birendra Kumar, Kirti Sharma and Th. Nengparmoi

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2020 at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand, India to characterize both the qualitative and quantitative characters of traditional scented rice under organic mode of cultivation following the guidelines from the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) and Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights Authority (PPV&FRA). The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with ten treatments and replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of ten rice varieties viz; V1: Kubir Mamhani, V2: Kudrat-5, V3: Chinar-20, V4: Kesho Pohu, V5: DRK, V6: Kudrat-1, V7: Pusa 1121, V8: Type 3, V9: Traori and V10: Tilak Chandan. The transplanting was done at 25cm × 12.5 cm spacing, using two seedlings per hill. Rice crop was fertilized with green manuring (Sesbania) and 2.5 t vermicompost ha/ha as top dressing. During the experiment, DUS characteristics for all the varieties were determined. The results revealed that the varieties were observed very highly aromatic except the Taraori variety which was recorded as medium in aroma. While the lowest aroma was recorded in Kubri Mamhani, Kesho Pohu and Tilak Chandan rice varieties.