THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice) has encouraged farmers to plant early maturing and high-quality rice varieties for the rainy season.
Dr. Norvie Manigbas, head of Philrice’s Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Division, said that after the drought, the next challenge is to select the varieties suited for the rainy days.
Farmers should plant varieties which stand 100 centimeters at most and with strong stems that can withstand 40-60 kilometers per hour (kph) wind speed.
He said among those varieties are PSB Rc14, PSB Rc68, NSIC Rc9, and NSIC Rc222.
He included that varieties released in 2011, which are good for dry conditions or for areas that normally experience delayed or almost no rainfall.
”Those are Sahod Ulan varieties such as NSIC Rc272, NSIC Rc274, NSIC Rc278, NSIC Rc284, NSIC Rc286, NSIC Rc288, NSIC Rc346, and NSIC Rc348,” Manigbas said.
He also said that there are varieties suited for rain fed areas namely, PSB Rc18 (Ala), which can withstand 5-7 days of complete submergence, NSIC Rc194 (Submarino 1), which can survive, grow, and develop even after 10-14 days of complete submergence, and PSB Rc68 (Sacobia), a submergence- tolerant and a droughtesistant variety. pna
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