Evaluation of traditional rice cultivars under various cultivation practices

Abstract

A field research was carried out in wet land farms, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, to study the performance of traditional rice cultivars under various cultivation practices. The study was laid out in Split plot design with two replications. The main plot consisted of three cultivation practices (organic practices, inorganic practices and control) and sub plots consisted of eleven rice cultivars. The data related to growth attributes, yield and yield attributes were collected and statistically analyzed. The organic cultivation practices showed better growth, yield attributes and yield in traditional cultivars than check (CO 51). All the traditional cultivars performed better under organic cultivation practices than inorganic and control. The results revealed that all the ten traditional rice cultivars are performed better and gave positive response under organic cultivation practices than inorganic and control practices. In order to usage of traditional cultivars and their importance, need in regular diet and consumption is still less, however, this study helps to produce organic and good quality traditional rice cultivars with proper cultivation practices to make them available to the market.