REVIVAL OF ENDANGERED HIGH VALUED MOUNTAIN RICES OF KASHMIR HIMALAYAS THROUGH GENETIC PURIFICATION AND IN-SITU CONSERVATION
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 52
Abstract
A number of rice landraces mostly of japonica background are known from Kashmir valley (India) for their unique quality features particularly aroma with desirable taste and texture of the cooked rice, besides, being early maturing and highly cold tolerant. An initiative for sustainable revival of high valued aromatic landraces namely, MushkBudgi and Kamad was undertaken in 2007 and during the exploration, 240 and 110 samples, respectively, were collected from the niche areas of these landraces (1900-2100 m amsl). In both cases broad spectrum variability was obtained for most of the morpho-agronomic traits and MushkBudgi-11 and Kamad-7 were identified better among the lot. An integrated disease and nutrient management modules were developed during 2010 and 2011 and demonstrated during 2012 and 2013. The year 2014 proved as a success story and the first harvest of these rices were sold in the local market eight times the price of normal rices.
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S. J. BHAT
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