Developing climate resilient rice varieties suitable to the below sea-level farming regions of Kuttanad
Keywords:
Climate resilient, rice variety, KAUM 179-1, KAUM 180-2Abstract
Rice farming in below sea-level regions of Kuttanad,which accounts for 20 per cent of Kerala’s rice productionis under threat due to the untimely heavy rainfall and flash floods occurring as part of climate change.Toaddress this issue, a breeding programme based on pedigree method was initiated at M.S. SwaminathanRice Research Station, Moncompu aiming to develop rice varieties resilient to these challenges, particularlyfocusing on submergence tolerance, seed dormancy and lodging resistance. Two cultures namely, KAUM179-1 and KAUM 180-2 were identified as suitable to this region. Both are medium duration, non-lodgingcultures with seed dormancy. KAUM 179-1 is having red kernel with moderate tolerance to submergence inthe vegetative stage and KAUM 180-2 is having white kernel with slight tolerance to submergence.References
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