Rice farmers in the Philippines would now get a chance to test a newly developed rice variety that can survive days under floodwater and has been approved for planting by farmers in the country.
The “Submarino 1” variety is a non-genetically engineered rice plant that can survive, grow, and develop even after 10 days under water, said Dr. Nenita Desamero, a plant breeder of the PhilRice and team leader of the on-farm testing of submergence-tolerant rice in the Philippines.
Field trials proved that Submarino 1 had the same yield performance as that of IR64, a popular rice variety in the country. The yield performance is 4.5 MT per hectare or 90 cavans of 50 kilograms each. The variety matures in 112 to 116 days
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