Paddy Varieties of Kerala

Short duration varieties Season : Virippu (I crop / autumn), Mundakan (II crop / winter), Puncha (III crop / summer)
Variety	Duration(Days)	Bran Color and Grain Type	Characteristics
Hraswa (Cul 24-20)	75-80	Red medium and bold	Extra-short duration variety. Ideal as a contingent variety for areas where there is crop loss. Susceptible to leaf folder. Raised only as direct sown crop.
Kattamodan-Tall (PTB 28)	110-115	Red	For uplands (modan). Tolerant to drought.
Karuthamodan-Tall (PTB 29)	105-110	Red	For uplands (modan). Tolerant to drought.
Chuvannamodan-Tall (PTB 30)	105-110	Red	For uplands (modan). Tolerant to drought.
Annapurna (PTB 35)	95-100	Red short and bold	Suitable for direct seeding. Susceptible to blast, sheath blight and Brown plant hopper. Suited for I and III crop seasons.
Rohini (PTB 36)	85-105	White long and bold	Performs well during virippu season. Not recommended for mundakan season. Suitable for direct seeding.
Triveni (PTB 38)	100-105	White long and bold	Tolerant to Brown plant hopper. Susceptible to blast and sheath blight.
Jyothy (PTB 39)	110-125	Red long and bold	Moderately tolerant to Brown plant hopper and blast; susceptible to sheath blight; suitable for direct seeding, transplanting and special systems of Kole and Kuttanad.
Swarnaprabha (PTB 43)	105-110	White long and bold	Suited for upland (modan) and for all the three seasons in the wet lands. Resistant to blast, susceptible to sheath blight and bacterial blight. Moderately resistant to stem borer.
Mattatriveni (PTB 45)	100-105	Red medium and bold	Tolerant to Brown plant hopper, susceptible to blast and sheath blight. Suitable for I and III crop
Kairali (PTB 49)	110-115	Red long and bold	Moderately resistant to blast, blight, gall midge and leaf folder. Can be cultivated in all the three seasons.
Kanchana (PTB 50)	105-110	Red long and bold	Suitable for Kole and Kuttanad regions. Resistant to blight, blast, stem borer and gall midge. Suitable for all seasons.
Karthika (MO 7)	105-125	Red long and bold	Suitable for growing in all the three seasons. Moderate resistance to sheath blight, sheath rot and BPH. A good first crop component in koottumundakan
Aruna (MO 8)	100-110	Red medium and bold	Tolerant to Brown plant hopper and stem borer, moderately resistant to gall midge, sheath blight and sheath rot. Dormancy up to one month. Specifically suited to wet season.
Makom (MO 9)	100-110	Red short and bold	Moderately resistant to pests like Brown plant hopper, stem borer, gall midge, leaf folder and diseases like sheath blight and sheath rot. Dormancy up to one month. Specifically suited for wet season. Can be cultivated in all the three seasons.
Remanika (MO 15)	100-105	Red short and bold	Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to BPH and medium resistant to gall midge.
Revathy (MO 17)	105-110	Red medium and bold	Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to BPH and medium resistant to gall midge. Dormancy up to 3 weeks. Suited to all the three seasons especially to additional crop of Kuttanad.
Krishnanjana (MO 19)	105-110	Red medium and bold	Medium tillering, resistant to BPH and dormancy up to 3 weeks, suited to all seasons especially to kari lands of Kuttanad, tolerant to iron toxicity.
Bhagya (Kayamkulam-2)	100	Red	Suitable for first crop season in Onattukara and eastern lateritic region. Drought resistant in the early growth phases. Moderately tolerant to blight, stem borer, leaf roller and case worm.
Onam (Kayamkulam-3)	95	Red	Drought tolerant in the early growth phases. Moderately resistant to blight, sheath blight and blast. Suited for dry sowing in the first crop season of Onattukara region.
ASD 17	100-105	White short and bold	Good grain quality and high yielding.
Ahalya	90-100	Red	Good cooking quality, tolerant to leaf folder and moisture stress in the early growth phase.
Harsha (PTB 55)	105-110	Red long and bold	Suitable for direct seeding in rainfed lowlands. Moderate resistance to blast and moisture stress.
Varsha (PTB 56)	110-115	Red long and bold	Suitable for direct seeding and transplanting in irrigated lowlands. Moderate resistance to blue beetle.
Kunjukunju Varna (VK-1)	110-115	Red short and bold	Photo-insensitive, moderately tolerant to major pests like gall fly, leaf folder, whorl maggot and stem borer. Adapted for double cropped areas of Palghat, Thrissur and Ernakulam districts as direct seeded or transplanted crop. Leaf sheath and apiculus are purple pigmented.
Kunjukunju Priya (VK-2)	105-110	Red short and bold	Photo-insensitive, moderately tolerant to major pests like gall fly, leaf folder, whorl maggot, and stem borer. Adapted for double cropped areas of Palghat, Thrissur and Ernakulam districts as direct seeded or transplanted crop. This is a non-pigmented variety.
Chingam	95-100	Red short and bold	Photo-insensitive semi-tall variety suitable for first crop season in Onattukara. Moderately resistant to sheath blight and brown leaf spot.

Medium duration varieties Season : Virippu (I crop / autumn), Mundakan (II crop / winter), Puncha (III crop / summer)
Variety	Duration (Days)	Bran Color and Grain Type	Characteristics
Jaya	120-125	White long and bold	Very high yield potential, highly susceptible to Brown plant hopper, plant hopper and other pests.
Aswathy (PTB 37)	120-125	White long and bold	Suitable for dry sowing in the first crop season.
Sabari (PTB 40)	130-135	Red long and bold	Susceptible to sheath blight
Bharathy (PTB 41)	120-125	Red long and bold	Tolerant to Brown plant hopper, moderately resistant to blast, suitable for dry sowing.
Suvarnamodan (PTB 42)	110-115	White	Suitable for dry sown conditions, medium tall, moderately resistant to pests and diseases.
Jayathi (PTB 46)	120-125	White	Resistant to Brown plant hopper, green leaf hopper, leaf folder, blast and bacterial leaf streak, non-lodging, semi-tall, suitable for all the three seasons.
Aathira (PTB 51)	120-130	Red short and bold	Semi-tall, non-lodging, moderate resistance to blast and blight diseases and Brown plant hopper. Suited for I and II crop seasons and also for hilly tracts.
Aiswarya (PTB 52)	120-125	Red long and bold	Suitable for modan. Resistant to blast and blight diseases. Resistant to Brown plant hopper. Suited for first and second crop seasons.
Bhadra (MO 4)	120-125	Red	Suitable for puncha season in Kuttanad region. Low susceptibility to pests and diseases. Tolerant to Brown plant hopper. Weakly photosensitive.
Asha (MO 5)	115-120	Red	Suitable for both seasons of Kuttanad. Moderately tolerant to pests and diseases. Tolerant to Brown plant hopper.
Pavizham (MO 6)	115-120	Red short and bold	Easy to thresh. Fairly resistant to Brown plant hopper. Moderately resistant to stack burn and sheath rot and fairly resistant to sheath blight.
Remya (MO 10)	110-120	Red long and bold	Moderately resistant to Brown plant hopper, gall midge, sheath blight and sheath rot, semi-tall variety. Suitable for all the three seasons. Seed dormancy up to one month.
Kanakom (MO 11)	120-125	Red medium and bold	Resistant to Brown plant hopper and moderately resistant to stem borer. Resistant to diseases like rice tungro virus and blast. Moderately resistant to bacterial blight. Semi-tall variety suitable for all the three seasons.
Renjini (MO 12)	115-120	Red medium and bold	Dwarf, resistant to blast and Brown plant hopper.
Pavithra (MO 13)	115-120	Red medium and bold	Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to Brown plant hopper and GM Biotype-5.
Panchami (MO 14)	115-120	Red medium and bold	Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to Brown plant hopper and GM Biotype-5.
Uma (MO 16)	115-120 Mundakan 120-135 Virippu	Red medium and bold	Dwarf, medium tillering, non-lodging, resistant to Brown plant hopper and GM Biotype-5. Dormancy up to 3 weeks. Suited to three seasons especially to additional crop season of Kuttanad.
Karishma (MO 18)	115-120	Red medium and bold	Dwarf, medium tillering, resistant to Brown plant hopper and medium resistant to Gall Midge. Suited to three seasons especially to kari lands to Kuttanad; tolerant to iron toxicity.
Vyttila-1 (Chootupokkali-Tall)	115	Red	Suitable for Pokkali areas.
Vyttila-2 (Cheruvirippu Tall)	125-130	Red Bold	Suitable for virippu season in the saline areas of Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts
Vyttila-3	110-115	Red	Suitable for virippu season in the coastal saline areas of Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts.
Vyttila-4	120-125	Red	Suitable for virippu season in the coastal saline areas (Pokkali ecosystem) and other flood prone areas and deep water situations.
Vyttila-5	115-120	Red	Tall, moderately lodging, tolerant to major diseases and pests except Bacterial leaf blight, leaf scald, stem borer, leaf folder and rice bug.
Arathy (ACV-1)	120-135	Red	Seed dormancy up to one month. Recommended for southern region for virippu season for delayed sowing and for situations where over-aged seedling may have to be planted. Moderately resistant to sheath blight, sheath rot and Brown plant hopper.
ASD 16	110-115	White short and bold	Good grain quality, high yield

Long duration varieties Season : Mundakan (II crop / winter)
Variety	Duration (Days)	Bran Color and Grain Type	Characteristics
Lakshmi (Kayamkulam-1)	175-180	Red	Suitable for second crop season. Moderately resistant to leaf roller, blast, blight and sheath blight, fairly resistant to stem borer.
Dhanya (Kayamkulam-4)	160-165	Red	Photosensitive, moderately resistant to stem borer, gall midge, sheath blight and blast.
Reshmi (PTB 44)	150-160	Red	Suitable for growing in the second crop as the mundakan for Koottumundakan system. Resistant to leaf folder and tolerant to gall midge.
Neeraja (PTB 47)	140-150	White	Moderately resistant to leaf folder, resistant to blast and moderately susceptible to sheath blight, non-lodging, photosensitive, dormant, suited to flood prone and waterlogged areas and poonthalpadams.
Nila (PTB 48)	160-180	Red short and bold	Photosensitive, capable of producing good grain and straw yields under low fertilizer application. Suitable for karinkora cultivation. Highly resistant to thrips, Brown plant hopper and moderately resistant to gall midge, stem borer and sheath blight. Can be cultivated in areas where water supply is assured till the middle of January.
Mangalamahsuri (PTB 53)	140-145	Red Medium and Slender	Multiple resistant, tolerant to iron toxicity and waterlogging. Good response to low fertilizer regimes.
Karuna (PTB 54)	140-145	Red long and bold	Multiple resistant, tolerant to iron toxicity, good response to low fertilizer regimes, susceptible to brown spot. Specific to II crop season.
Kottarakkara-1 (Cheradi)	140-145	Red	For waterlogged deep soils
Makaram (KTR 2)	160-165	Red short and bold	Photosensitive; suitable for eastern lateritic region; II crop component in koottumundakan system
Kumbham (KTR 3)	165-175	Red short and bold	Photosensitive, tolerant to lodging; suitable for eastern lateritic region; II crop component in koottumundakan system
Pankaj (Semi-tall)	135-140	White	For ill-drained deep soils, susceptible to leaf blight.
H4 (Tall)	125-145	Red bold	For ill-drained deep soils
Mahsuri (Tall)	125-145	White Fine rice	Excessive shedding of grains at maturity, susceptible to blast.
Deepthi	150-160	Red	Semi-tall, photo-insensitive, moderately resistant to blast, leaf folder and stem borer, moderately resistant to drought.
Ponni	140-145	White medium and slender	Fine grain quality rice.
White Ponni	135-140	White medium and slender	Fine grain quality rice.
Ponmani	160-165	White short and bold	Resistant to Brown plant hopper and high yield potential
Pranava	130-135	White medium and slender	Multiple resistant. Suitable for the black cotton soils of Chittoor.
Swetha	140-145	White short and bold	Suitable for black cotton soils of Chittoor taluk as a transplanted II crop
Dhanu	150-160	Red Short and bold	Photosensitive variety suitable for the second crop in Onattukara. Tolerant to sheath blight, brown leaf spot and stem borer.

SCENTED AND MEDICINAL RICES Season : Mundakan (II crop / winter)
Variety	Duration (Days)	Grain Type	Suitability for cultivation
Gandhakasala	150-180	Straw colored, small, round grains, aromatic with white kernel	Suitable for transplanting during Khariff
Jeerakasala	150-180	Straw colored, slightly longer and slender grains, aromatic with white kernel	Suitable for transplanting during Khariff
Velumbala	180	White, long slender grains, aromatic with white kernel	Suitable for transplanting during Khariff
Chomala	165-180	Small, slender reddish straw colored grains, Aromatic with white kernel	Suitable for direct seeding in uplands
Kayama	150-180	Straw colored, small, round grains, aromatic with white kernel	Suitable for transplanting during Khariff
Kothampalarikkayama	120-130	Small, slender black grains. Aromatic with white kernel.	Suitable for Khariff
Pookkilathari	130-135	Small, slender , straw coloured grains, Aromatic with white kernel.	Suitable for transplanting in "palliyals" (Single crop terracelands) during Rabi.
Njavara	70-75	Plants tall, lanky lodging Panicles are short to medium in length. Yellow and black glumed types occur. The yellow type hasgolden yellow lemma and palea while it is black in the other Seed coats are brown in colour, endosperm non waxy and grains non scented	Suitable for Kharif crop in uplands and Summer crop in wetlands
Chennellu	120-125	Yellow and red glumed types occur. The yellow type has golden yellow grains with purple apiculus while the red type has bright red grains. Seed coats are brown in colour, endosperm non waxy and grains non scented	Red type is grown in coconut gardens during Kharif season while yellow type is grown in wetlands during Kharif and rabi
Kavungin-poothala	150-160	Photosensitive, Long slender white grains	Suitable for rabi crop

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