PREFERRED PADDY

VARIETIES

Directorate of Agriculture
Chepauk, Chennai
 PADDY CULTIVATION
S. Season Normal Programme Area covered
No area (L.ha) during as on 20.1.20
2019-20 (L.ha) (L.ha)
1. Kar/Kuruvai/Sornavari 2.860 2.859 1.948

2. Samba/Thaladi/ 12.695 13.591 14.847

Pishanam
3. Navarai/Kodai 2.030 2.050 0.418

Total 17.585 18.500 17.213

 PREDOMINANT PADDY VARIETIES
S. Season Less than 10 year More than 10 year
No
SD MD LD SD MD LD

1. Kar/Kuruvai/ CO51, - - ADT 45, - -

Sornavari TPS 5 ADT 37,
ASD 16
ADT 36,
ADT 43
2. Samba/ CO51, TKM 13, CR 1009 ADT 45, BPT 5204, CR
Thaladi/ TPS 5 NLR sub1, ADT 37, ADT 39, 1009,
Pishanam 34449, ADT 50 ADT 36, CO 50, Swarna
TRY 3, ADT 43 IWP, sub 1
Telangana JGL 1798,
sona IR 20
3 Navari/Kodai CO51, - - ADT 45, - -
TPS 5 ADT 37,
ASD 16

* SD-105-120days, MD- 120-135 days, LD- >135 days

 SHORT DURATION VARIETY- AREA
COVERAGE 2018-19 AND 2019-20
% 2018-19 % 2019-20
Variety Area coverage %
(ha)
52 2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20

CO 51 241480 314712 30 52

ADT (R) 212297 108501 27 18

32 45
28
ASD 16 121336 74570 15 12

18
16 ADT 43 107529 15923 14 3
14 13
12

7 ADT 37 47798 78199 6 13

3 3
1
ADT 36 21668 7041 3 1
CO 51 ADT (R) ASD 16 ADT 43 ADT 37 ADT 36
45
 MEDIUM DURATION VARIETY- AREA
COVERAGE 2018-19 AND 2019-20
% 2018-19 % 2019-20
Variety Area coverage %
35
(ha)
31 2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20
BPT 5204 275609 246485 35 31

NLR 34449 117802 113631 15 15

22

ADT 38 83881 12600 11 2

1515
CO 50 65725 72994 8 9
JGL 1798 62915 17130 8 2
11
9 IWP 57932 21175 7 3
8 8
7 7
66 6
4
TKM 13 54147 173198 7 22
3 3
2 2
ADT 39 50521 47180 6 6
TRY 3 21336 29664 3 4
Telangana 48093 6
sona
 LONG DURATION VARIETY -AREA
COVERAGE 2018-19 AND 2019-20

% 2018-19 % 2019-20

Variety Area coverage %

76
74 (ha)

2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20

CR 1009 127847 28915 76 10

CR 1009 35949 204290 21 74

SUB 1
21
16
10 Swarna 4158 42868 3 16
3
sub 1

CR 1009 CR 1009 SUB 1 Swarna sub 1

 SHORT DURATION-CHARACTERS OF VARIETIES
Variety Characters Season Preferred districts
CO51 Fine grain, High yielding, Kar/Kuruvai/ All districts except
Market preferred Sornavari, Kanyakumari
Late samba,
Navarai/Kodai
TPS 5 Short bold, Market Kar, Pishanam Kanyakumari,
preferred Tirunelveli
ADT 45 Fine grain, high yielding, Kar/Kuruvai/ All districts except
market preferred, pest Sornavari, Kanyakumari.
and disease resistant Late samba,
Navarai/Kodai
ADT 37 Short bold, Market Sornavari, Late Kancheepuram,
preferred idly rice samba, Navarai Thiruvallur, Cuddalore,
Vellore, Villupuram,
Tvmalai, Pudukottai
ASD 16 Short bold, high yielding, Kar/Kuruvai/ Madurai, Virudhunagar,
Market preferred Sornavari, Late Tirunelveli,
samba, Navarai Thoothukudi, Erode,
Cuddalore, Sivagangai,
Kanyakumari

ADT 36 and ADT 43 are cultivated in a lesser extent

 MEDIUM DURATION-CHARACTERS OF VARIETIES
Variety Characters
TKM 13 Fine grain, High yielding,
segregation (Red rice), Poor
Market preference and
cooking quality
NLR 34449 Fine grain, High yielding,
High Market preferred
TRY 3 Bold grain, high yielding,
market preferred, Saline
tolerant
ADT 39 Fine grain, High yielding,
High Market preferred
CO 50 Bold, high yielding, Poor
Market preference, heavy
lodging
IWP Fine grain, Market preferred
Season Preferred districts
Samba/Thaladi/ All districts except
Pishanam Namakkal, Karur, Erode,
Kanyakumari, Vellore and
coimbatore
Samba/Thaladi All districts except
Pishanam Coimbatore, Erode,
Krishnagiri, Salem,
Kanyakumari,Thiruppur,
Dindigul, Perambalur
Samba Nagapattinam, Thiruvarur,
Villupuram, Trichy,
Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli,
Ariyalur
Samba/Thaladi Delta, western and some
Pishanam parts of southern and
northern districts
Samba/Thaladi Ariyalur, Erode,
Nagapattinam, Pudukottai,
Sivagangai, Thanjavur,
Thiruvarur, Trichy
Samba Delta and northern region
 Contd.,

MEDIUM DURATION-CHARACTERS OF VARIETIES

Variety Characters Season Preferred districts

JGL 1798 Fine grain, High yielding, Samba/Thaladi Delta and southern
Market preferred Pishanam districts

BPT 5204 Fine grain, High yielding, Samba/Thaladi All districts

High Market preferred, Pishanam
susceptible to pest and
disease

IR 20, ADT 38, Paiyur 1, Telangana sona are some of the varieties
cultivated in lesser extent and in very few districts
 LONG DURATION-CHARACTERS OF VARIETIES

Variety Characters Season Preferred districts

CR 1009 Bold grain, High Samba, Delta and Kanyakumari

sub1 yielding, flood tolerant, Pishanam
Market preferred

CR 1009 Fine grain, High yielding, Samba, Delta, Kanyakumari

segregation (Red rice) Pishanam and Villupuram
Market preferred
Swarna Fine grain, high yielding, Samba, Thaladi Delta and Villupuram
sub 1 market preferred, flood
tolerant

ADT 50 Fine grain, lodging, blast Samba Delta

and blight susceptible
 TNAU VARIETIES FROM 2010-2018
S. Variety Duration Year of Preference status Reason
No (days) notification/
release
1. CO 50 135 2010 Not preferred Lodging, poor market
preference
2. ADT 49 130-137 2011 Not preferred Segregation

3. ADT 50 149 2012 Not preferred Disease susceptible and

lodging
4. CO 51 105-110 2013 Preferred Fine, high yielding

5. TPS 5 118 2014 Preferred Bold, high yielding

6. CR 1009 sub1 155 2015 Preferred Bold, market preferred, flood

tolerant
7. MDU 6 110-115 2015 Not preferred Long slender, low milling
capacity
8. TKM 13 130 2015 Not preferred Poor market and cooking
quality compared to BPT,
segregation
9. CO 52(MGR 100) 130-135 2017 Not preferred Segregation

10. ADT 51 154 2018 Under seed -

production chain
11. VGD 1 130 2019 Breeder seed yet -
ADT 53 105-110 to be received
 ORDER OF PREFERENCE
Short duration Medium duration Long duration

CO 51 BPT 5204 CR 1009 sub1

ADT 45 NLR 34449 Swarna sub 1
ADT 37 ADT 39 CR 1009
ASD16 TRY 3 ADT 50
ADT 43 IWP
ADT 36 JGL 1798
TPS 5 TKM 13
CO 50

Less than 10 year

 SD- SEED FARM, PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
2019-20 AND 2020-21
Variety 2019-20 (achmt +expected) 2020-21 (prog.)

Seed Proc. Distbn Seed Proc. Distbn

farm (ha) (MT) (MT) farm (ha) (MT) (MT)

ADT 45 361 908 840 360 900 937

CO 51 1746 4368 4125 1750 4100 3868

ADT 37 509 1265 742 130 300 1205

ASD 16 345 859 574 340 780 812

TPS 5 49 234 265 60 125 134

ADT 36 11 30 16 55 110 26

ADT 43 135 336 39 110 275 304

Others 57 142 171 60 150 128

Total 3213 8141 6772 2865 6740 7414

 MD- SEED FARM, PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
2019-20 AND 2020-21
Variety 2019-20 (achmt+expected) 2020-21 (prog.)
Seed Proc. Distbn Seed farm Proc. Distbn
farm(ha) (MT) (MT) (ha) (MT) (MT)

TKM 13 808 1934 2967 750 1600 1934

CO 50 635 1587 800 750 1970 1587

BPT 5204 555 1388 527 100 250 1388

NLR 34449 502 1253 1391 550 1350 1253

IWP 343 861 138 350 850 861

ADT 39 265 667 152 100 200 667

JGL 1798 116 292 135 140 280 292

345 7 110 275 345
Telangana sona 137

Samba sub 1 80 160 40 255 610 160

Others 294 735 1136 110 325 735

Total 3735 9222 7246 3215 7710 9222

 LD- SEED FARM, PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION
2019-20 AND 2020-21
Variety 2019-20 (achmt+expected) 2020-21 (prog.)

Seed Proc. Distbn Seed Proc. Distbn

farm (MT) (MT) farm (ha) (MT) (MT)
(ha)
1439 3595 2768 1360 3320 3595
CR 1009 Sub1

294 735 450 300 650 735

Swarna Sub 1
6 27 87 100 250 27
CR 1009
23 60 21 25 50 60
ADT 50
13 32 6 40 80 32
ADT 51
1775 4449 3332 1825 4350 4449
Total
8723 21812 17350 7905 18800 21085
Grand total
 SUGGESTIONS
Duration Varieties Recommendation
Short ADT 45, CO 51 All districts
TPS 5, ADT 37 Specific districts
Medium BPT 5204 All districts
NLR 34449, TRY 3, Specific districts
ADT 39, JGL 1798, IWP
Long duration CR 1009 sub 1, CR Delta districts
1009, Swarna sub 1

o The less than 10year old varieties such as TKM 13 and CO 50 are less
preferred because of its poor marketability
o 2019 released varieties of ADT 53(SD) and VGD 1 (MD) has to be
propagated and preference has to be studied
o 2020 released varieties of ADT 54 (MD) and CO 53 (SD) has to be
notified and to be included in seed chain
o B seed for JGL 1798 can be obtained for further multiplication
o Telangana Sona can be promoted