Introduction
Rice Research Program is one of the seven commodity-based programs of the National Cereals Research institute, Badeggiand its activities dates back to 1975, when Agricultural Research Order gave mandates to the institute to investigate the problems of Rice, Maize, Grain legumes and Sugarcane as well as those of the Farming Systems throughout Nigeria with the Headquarters at Ibadan. Rice Research Station was then located atBadeggi,where the new headquarters is now. The programcollaborates with both national and international Agricultural Research Institutions, non-governmental organizations and private organization for the delivery of research results to small and medium public research beneficiaries. The program through multi-disciplinary approach conducts adoptive research into genetic improvement of rice, improved agronomic practices of rice, soil and nutrient requirement of rice, pests and diseases of rice, and socio-economics of rice production/processing, value addition and utilization of the crops, Across all value chain of rice production, rice program has highly skilled professionals that conduct research and training.
The objectives of the program are:
- To breed new rice varieties that will be high yielding and resistant to both biotic and abiotic stresses.
- To develop more improved agronomic practices, water management and better weed management for rice production in Nigeria
- To research and improve on soils and fertilizer requirement forrice production
- To identify, study and have good knowledge of pests and diseases of rice and their management
- To produce pure rice seeds for farmers in the country.
- To improve on rice post-harvest practices to reduce loss in quantity and quality
- To develop new value added products of rice and its by-products, and also improve on the existing ones.
NCRI RiceDeveloped Technologies and Innovations
- So far 70 improved rice varieties have been released, which most farmers are using across the country.
- Most recently two hybrid varieties (6644 Gold and TEJ Gold) were release in 2021. This willenabled the farmers increase their yields and income and the upliftment of the rural populace.
- Production of rice breeder and foundation seeds for National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) and other certified seed company.
- Determination of adequate plant spacing for optimum yield of rice; plant spacing of 20cmx20cm inter and antral raw spacing have been found good for low land rice production in Nigeria.
- Determination of time, rate and type of fertilizer best for rice production in Nigeria.
- Improved rice processing technology has been developed. This technology is presently being used by multi nationals like AGIP (Bormo Farms) in Bayelsa State, Jando and Nkume Farms in Benue State and Obasanjo Farms and other local entrepreneurs, thus improving the quality of processed rice.
- Development of rice recipes for more utilization suck as rice milk and rice cake
- Upland and lowland weeders has been developed and in use by peasant farmers
- Manual rice planter is also one technology developed to ease rice production.
- Development of low input sustainable production systems for the Resource-poor farmers.
- Production and distribution of farmer’s guides and technical bulletins.
- Continuous Training of subject Matter Specialists (SMSs) from the ADPs in the use of technologies developed by NCRI.
MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OFNCRI RELEASED RICE VARIETIES IN NIGERIA, 1954 – 2025
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 1 | FARO 2 | FARO 3 | FARO 4 | FARO 5 | FARO 6 | FARO 7 | FARO 8 | FARO 9 | FARO 10 |
| COMMON NAMES | BG 79 | D 114 | AGBEDE 16/56 | KAV-12 | MAKALIO KA823 | INDO CHINA BLANC | MALIONG | MAS 2401 | SIAM 29 | SINDANO |
| CROSSES | Unknown | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ |
| ORIGIN | British guinea | British | Nigeria | Madras | Madagascar | Thailand via bamako | Thailand | Indonesia | Malaya | Lowland shallow swamp |
| HABITAT | Lowland shallow swamp | -do- | Upland | Lowland deep swamp | Lowland | Lowland shallow swamp | Lowland deep swamp | Lowland shallow swamp | -do- | -do- |
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 105-120 | 100-115 | 95-100 | 145-150 | 111-115 | 156-160 | 160-165 | 120-125 | 120-125 | 125-130 |
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 12-18 | 10-15 | 6-10 | 18-20 | 18-20 | 10-15 | 9-15 | 9-15 | -do- | 10-15 |
| STEM BASE | Purple | Purple | Green | Purple | Green | Green and elongate internode | -do- | Green and stiff | -do- | ‘ |
| LEAVES | Long broad and lax | -do- | “ | “ | “ | “ | “ | “ | “ | Long broad and lax |
| LEAF SHEATH | Red/purple | Purpule | Green | Purpule | -do- | Green | -do- | “ | Purpule | Green |
| PANICLE EXCERTION | Fully exerted | Exerted erect | Fully exerted and drooping | Fully exerted | Erect drooping | Fully exerted | -do- | “ | Fully exerted compact | Fully exerted |
| FLAG LEAF | Drooping | -do- | Erect | Drooping | Long drooping | Drooping | -do- | “ | Lax | Drooping |
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
Dark green to brown | Green to straw colour | -do- | Green to straw colour | Green to brown | Greenish-dark brown to brown | Greenish-dark-brown to straw colour | Green to straw colour | Dark-green to brown-yellow | Green to straw colour |
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
Purple to brown | Purple to brown | Green to straw colour | Purple to brown | Purple to brown | Green to brown | Green to straw colour | -do- | Purple to straw colour | Green to straw colour |
| STIGMA | Black | Black | Colourless | Black | Purple | Colourless | -do- | “ | “ | “ |
| AWNS | None | None | None | Very short | Short | None | None | None | Long | None |
| LIGULE | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Long | Long | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 135-174 | 135-176 | 95-120 | 189-220 | 135-154 | 176-189 | 160-217 | 155-160 | 189-220 | 115-145 |
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 3.0-5.0 | 3.0-4.5 | 1.5-2.5 | 2.0-4.0 | 2.0-4.5 | 2.0-3.0 | 2.5-3.5 | 3.5-4.5 | 2.5-3.0 | 2.5-3.5 |
| GENOTYPE | B | B | B | B | B | B | A | A | A | A |
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 11 | FARO 12 | FARO 13 | FARO 14 | FARO 15 | FARO 16 | FARO 17 | FARO 18 | FARO 19 | FARO 20 |
| COMMON NAMES | OS-6 | SML 140/
10 |
IR-8 | FRSS 43/3 | FRRS-162
B 111-1 |
FRRS-168
B 111-2 |
FRRS-148
B 111-3 |
TJINA
TJINA |
IR-20 | BP1-79
(B1Col) |
| CROSSES | ‘ | ‘ | PETA/
DGWG |
Chanyza 133 x 1 CB | BG79 X IR 8 | Mas 2401 x SML 140/10 | Mas 2401 x TJINA | Unknown
|
(Peta-3x T(N)1)xTKM6 | Unknown |
| ORIGIN | Belgian
Congo |
Suriname | Philippines | Nigeria
(NCRI) |
Nigeria
(NCRI) |
Nigeria
(NCRI) |
Nigeria
(NCRI) |
Indonesia
|
Philippines | Philippines |
| HABITAT | Upland | Lowland Shallow
Swamp |
-do- | Lowland Deep Flooded | Lowland Shallow Swamp | -do- | -do- |
-do- |
-do- | -do- |
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 103-110 | 135-140 | 90-100 | 150-160 | 150-160 | 90-100 | 110-120 | 145-150
|
90-100 | 90-100 |
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 12-Sep | 15-Sep | 18-20 | 15-Sep | 20-25 | 18-Dec | 18-Dec | 15-16 | 18-20 | 18-20 |
| STEM BASE | “ | Purple and Stiff | Green and Stiff | Green and Red prostrate | Green and Stiff | Green and Stiff | Purple | Green | Purple | |
| LEAVES | Long broad and Lax | Narrow Long Needle Erect | Short broad and Erect | Long broad and Lax | Short Erect broad | Short Narrow Erect | Long heavy &Exerted | Medium Long & Lax
Medium Long & Lax |
Short Broad and Lax | Short Semi Broad Erect |
| LEAF SHEATH | -do- | Purple | Green | Green
and pigmented |
Green | Green | Purple | Green
Green |
Purple | Green |
| PANICLE EXERTION | -do- | Semi-Exerted and drooping | Short and Dense | Fully Exerted Dense | Fully Exerted Dense | Fully Exerted Loose drooping | Long Semi broad and Lax | Fully Exerted
Fully Exerted |
-do- | Short Erect and Dense |
| FLAG LEAF | -do- | Erect | Erect | Long broad | Erect | Erect | Long Broad & Lax | Erect
Erect |
Drooping | Erect Short Painted Apex |
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
Green to straw colour | Green to straw colour | -do- | Greenish-yellow and dark-brown to yellow | Green
Straw |
Green to straw colour | Purple to Brown | Green to straw colour
Green to straw colour |
Purple to Brown | Green to straw colour |
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
Pink to straw colour | Purple to brown | Green to straw colour | Greenish purple to brown | Green to straw colour | Green to straw colour | Purple to Brown | Green to straw colour
Green to straw colour |
Purple to straw colour | Green to straw colour |
| STIGMA | Black | Purple | Colour-less | Purple | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | Black
Black |
Colourless | Purple |
| AWNS | None | Occa-
Sional |
None | Occasional | None | Occasional | -do- | None
None |
None | Occasional |
| LIGULE | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | -do- | “ | Long | -do-
-do- |
“ | Medium |
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 110-122 | 145-155 | 135-140 | 170-196 | 145-160 | 140-160 | 145-160 | 167-179
167-179 |
135-140 | 125-130 |
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 1.5-2.5 | 2.0-3.5 | 2.5-4.5 | 1.5-2.5 | 3.0-4.0 | 2.0-4.0 | 2.5-4.0 | 3.5-4.5
3.5-4.5 |
2.5-3.5 | 2.5-3.5 |
| GENOTYPE | B | A | A | B | A | B | B | B
|
B | B |
MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RELEASED RICE VARIETIES IN NIGERIA, 1954 – 2025 (CONT’D)
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 21 | FARO 22 | FARO 23 | FARO 24 | FARO 25 | FARO 26 | FARO 27 | FARO 28 | FARO 29 | FARO 30 |
| COMMON NAMES | TN-1 | IR-627-1-
3-1-4-3-7 |
IR-5-47-2 | DE-GAULLE | FAROX 56/30 | TOS 78 | TOS 103 | FAROX
188A
|
BG 90/2 | FAROX 228-2-1-1 |
| CROSSES | DEE GEO WOO GEN/TSA 1-YUAH-CHAN | -do- | “ | “ | Jete x TJINA | Unknown | IR400-15-12-10-2 x IR662 | TJINA x IR 8 | Peta*3//TN1/
Remadja |
FARO 15/
IR 28 |
| ORIGIN | Philippines | Philippines | Philippines | Vietnan | Nigeria
(NCRI) |
Nigeria | Nigeria | Nigeria | Nigeria | Nigeria (NCRI) |
| HABITAT | Lowland Shallow Swamp | -do- | -do- | -do- | Upland | Lowland
Shallow Swamp
|
-do | “ | “ | “ |
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 80-90 | 90-110 | 90-100 | 135-145 | 105-110 | 105-110 | 90-100 | 125-130 | 100-115 | 120-125 |
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 15-18 | 18-20 | 18-20 | 15-18 | 15-Dec | 15-Nov | 15-18 | 15-18 | 18-Dec | 15-18 |
| STEM BASE | Green and Stiff | Green and Stiff | Green | -do- | “ | “ | Green and Stiff | Purple | Green and Stiff | Green and Stiff |
| LEAVES | Short Semi Broad and Lax | Erect long and lax | Long narrow and lax | -do- | “ | Long Broad and Lax | -do- | Long Medium and Lax | -do- | “ |
| LEAF SHEATH | Green | -do- | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Purple | Green | -do- |
| PANICLE EXERTION | Fully Exerted and drooping | Fully Exerted long drooping | Exerted | Fully Exerted and drooping | Fully Exerted | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | “ |
| FLAG LEAF | Drooping | Erect | Drooping | Erect | -do- | ‘ | “ | Inter-
miolate
|
-do- | “ |
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
Green to straw colour | Greenish yellow to straw colour | Green to straw colour | -do- | -do- | ‘ | Pink to purple colour | Green to straw colour | -do- | ‘ |
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
Green to straw colour | -do- | -do- | Pink to straw colour | Green to straw colour | -do- | Pink to purple | Green to straw | -do- | -do- |
| STIGMA | Colourless | -do- | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | -do- | “ | Black | Colourless | Colourless |
| AWNS | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Awned |
| LIGULE | Medium | Medium | Long | Long | Medium | Medium | Medium | Inter-
mediate
|
Medium | Medium |
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 90-110 | 145-150 | 145-150 | 135-145 | 120-125 | 130-365 | 110-120 | 130-140 | 120-130 | 110-115 |
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 2.0-3.0 | 2.5-4.0 | 2.5-4.0 | 3.0-4.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 2.5-3.5 | 2.5-3.5 | 3.0-4.0 | 5.0-8.0 |
| GENOTYPE | C | B | B | A | B | B | A | A | B | B |
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 31 | FARO 32 | FARO 33 | FARO 34 | FARO 35 | FARO 36 | FARO 37 | FARO 38 | FARO 39 | FARO 40 |
| COMMON NAMES | FAROX 228-3-1-1 | FAROX 228-4-1-1 | FAROX 232-1-1-1 | FAROX 239-2-1-1 | ITA 212 | ITA 222 | ITA 306 | IRAT 133 | IRAT 144 | FAROX 299 |
| CROSSES | FARO 15/
IR 28 |
FARO 15/
IR 28 |
FARO 12/
IR 28 |
IR 28/
FARO 12 |
BG90-2 x
TETEP |
Mashuri x 1 ET 1444 | TOX 494-3696/TOX 711/BG6812 | IRAT 13/
IRAT 10 |
IRAT 13/
IRAT 10
|
Unknown |
| ORIGIN | -do- | “ | “ | “ | IITA (Nigeria) | -do- | “ | “ | IAR&T
(Nigeria)
|
NCRI (Nigeria) |
| HABITAT | “ | “ | “ | “ | Lowland Irrigated
Swamp |
-do- | -do- | Upland | Upland | Upland |
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 120-125 | 110-120 | 115-125 | 115-120 | 100-115 | 100-115 | 100-115 | 100-110 | 95-105 | 115-120 |
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 15-18 | 15-18 | 15-Oct | 15-Dec | 15-18 | 15-18 | 15-20 | 12-Oct | 12-Oct | 12-Oct |
| STEM BASE | Green | -do- | “ | -do- | “ | “ | “ | “ | “ | ‘ |
| LEAVES | “ | “ | Narrow Long and Lax | Long Semi Broad Lax | -do- | “ | “ | “ | “ | ‘ |
| LEAF SHEATH | ‘ | ‘ | Purple | Green | Green | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | “ | ‘ |
| PANICLE EXERTION | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Fully Exerted | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | “ |
| FLAG LEAF | Erect | -do- | Erect | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Erect |
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Green to straw colour | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ |
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
“ | “ | “ | “ | Straw | -do- | “ | Pale yellow | -do- | ‘ |
| STIGMA | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | Colourless | -do- |
| AWNS | None | Awned | -do- | “ | Occa-
Sional |
Short | Awned | -do- | None | Awned |
| LIGULE | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | -do- | “ | ‘ |
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 110-115 | 110-115 | 110-115 | 105-115 | 120-135 | 120-135 | 125-140 | 100-105 | 100-105 | 115-120 |
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 5.0-8.0 | 4.0-7.0 | 4.0-7.0 | 4.0-7.5 | 5.0-8.0 | 5.0-8.0 | 5.0-8.0 | 1.0-4.0 | 1.0-4.0 | 1.0-4.0 |
| GENOTYPE | B | B | A | A | B | B | A | C | C | B |
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 41 | FARO 42 | FARO 43 | FARO 44 | FARO 45 | FARO 46 | FARO 47 | FARO 48 | FARO 49 | FARO 50 |
| COMMON NAMES | IRAT 170 | ART 12 | ITA 128 | SiPi 692033 | ITA 257 | ITA 150 | ITA 117 | ITA 301 | ITA 315 | ITA 230 |
| CROSSES | IRAT 13/
Palawan |
TOX 475/
IR154/056 |
63-83/(IguapeCateto/IET 1444/IR 1416-131/
LITA 506 |
Sipi 661044/
Sipi 651020
|
IRAT 13/
(Dourado Precoce # 689//TOX 490-1) |
63-83/
(Dourado Precoce/ ROK1/ SE363G |
134-18-3-1-3/TOX 7-4-2-5-2 | IRAT 13/Dourado Precoce 689//
Padipayak
|
IR 43/IguapeCateto | BG 90-2*4/Tetep |
| ORIGIN | NCRI (Nigeria) | IAR&T (Nigeria) | IITA (Nigeria) | Taiwan | IITA (Nigeria) | IITA
(Nigeria)
|
IITA
(Nigeria)
|
IITA
(Nigeria)
|
IITA
(Nigeria)
|
IITA
(Nigeria)
|
| HABITAT | Upland | Upland | Upland | Irrigated
Swamp
|
Upland | Upland | Upland | Upland | Upland | Lowland Irrigated Swamp |
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 80-90 | 110-115 | 110-115 | 110-120 | 90-100 | 80-90 | 77-89 | 80-95 | 77-89 | 100-110 |
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 15-Oct | 12-Aug | 15-Oct | 15-20 | 12-Oct | 15-Oct | 18-Dec | 12-Oct | 18-Dec | |
| STEM BASE | ‘ | Green | Purple | Green | Purple | Green | -do- | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ |
| LEAVES | ‘ | Long Semi Broad and Lax | -do- | “ | “ | “ | Long | Long, broad | Long | -do- |
| LEAF SHEATH | ‘ | Green | Purple | Green | Purple | Green | -do- | Green (external) and pink (internal) | Green | -do- |
| PANICLE EXERTION | “ | Fully Exerted | -do- | “ | “ | “ | Moderately weakly exerted | Fully exerted | Moderately well exerted | Fully exerted |
| FLAG LEAF | -do- | Erect | -do- | ‘ | Acute | -do- | Erect | -do- | ‘ | ‘ |
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
‘ | Green to straw colour | Green to Purple | Green to straw colour | Purple | Green to straw colour | Straw | -do- | “ | “ |
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
‘ | Pale
Yellow |
-do- | Straw | Grey | -do- | Straw | Straw | Straw | |
| STIGMA | “ | Colourless | Black | Colourless | Black | Colourless | -do- | “ | “ | “ |
| AWNS | Awned | Awned | -do- | Short awn | Awnless | -do- | “ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ |
| LIGULE | ‘ | Medium | Medium | -do- | ‘ | Medium | Short | -do- | ‘ | Medium |
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 115-120 | 115-120 | 115-120 | 110-120 | 95-100 | 115-120 | 115-120 | 123 | 120 | 125 |
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 1.0-4.0 | 1.0-4.0 | 1.0-4.0 | 4.0-8.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 2.0-3.5 | 2.0-3.5 | 1.5-3.5 | 3.0-10 |
| GENOTYPE | B | B | B | A | B | B | A | B | B | B |
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 51 | FARO 52 | FARO 53 | FARO 54 | FARO 55 | FARO 56 | FARO 57 | FARO 58 | FARO 59 | FARO 60 |
| COMMON NAMES | Cisadane | WITA 4 | ITA 321 | WAB 189-B-B-B-8-HB | NERICA 1 | NERICA
2 |
TOX 4004-43-1-2-1 | NERICA 7 | NERICkA 8 | NERICA L-19 |
| CROSSES | Pelita-1//IR 789-98-2-3/IR 2157-3 | Unknown | TOX 1525F2 DWARF/
NGOVIE 20 SLR
|
IRAT 104/ITA 257 | WAB 56-104/CG 14 | WAB 450-11-1-P31-4B | WAS 122-IDSA-1-WAS-6-1/Tog5681/3*IR64 | |||
| ORIGIN | Indonesia | IITA
(Nigeria)
|
IITA
(Nigeria)
|
WARDA | WARDA | WARDA | WARDA | AfricaRICE | AfricaRICE | AfricaRICE |
| HABITAT | Lowland Shallow Swamp | Lowland irrigated and shallow swamp | Upland | Upland | Upland | Upland | Lowland irrigated and shallow swamp | Upland | Upland | Irrigated Lowland |
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 100-110 | 95-105 | 102-105 | 110-130 | 110-120 | 97-105 | 115-125 | 100-115 | 100-115 | 100-115 |
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 15-Oct | 18-Dec | 12-Jun | 8-Apr | 6-Apr | 5-Apr | 12-Oct | 8-May | 8-May | 15-20 |
| STEM BASE | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Light Purple | Light
Purple |
Green | green | Light purple | Green |
| LEAVES | Broad | Long | -do- | “ | -do- | Short | Long | long | long | long |
| LEAF SHEATH | “ | “ | “ | “ | Purple | Light
Purple |
Green | Green | Light purple | Green |
| PANICLE EXERTION | -do- | ‘ | Fully drooping | Fully | -do- | “ | Fully exerted | Fully exerted | Fully exerted | Fully exerted |
| FLAG LEAF | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Drooping | Erect | -do- | Erect | Erect | Erect | Erect |
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
“ | “ | “ | “ | Golden brown | -do- | Green to Straw colour | Grenn to straw | Green to Golden colour | Green to straw colour |
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
Grey | Grey | Straw | Straw | Purple | Purple | colourless | Colourless | colourless | Colourless |
| STIGMA | “ | “ | “ | “ | Purple | Light
Purple |
Colourless | Cream | Cream | Cream |
| AWNS | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Short
Awns |
Awnless | Awnless | Awnless | Awnless |
| LIGULE | Short | Medium | -do- | “ | Short | -do- | Medium | Medium and pointed | Medium and pointed | Long and pointed |
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 145-150 | 125-130 | 115-120 | 100-105 | 100-105 | 100-110 | 120-135 | 95-100 | 95-100 | 95-100 |
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 3.0-6.0 | 3.0-7.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 2.5-3.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 6.0-8.0 | 8 t/ha | ||
| GENOTYPE | B | A | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | B+ |
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 61 | FARO 62 | FARO 63 | FARO 64 | FARO 65 | FARO 66 | FARO 67 | GAWAL –R1 | ARIZE 6444 GOLD | TEJ GOLD | |||||
| COMMON NAMES | NERIC L-34 | NCRO 49 | ART3-7L9P3-3-B-B-2-1 | ART15-7-16-38-1-B-B-2 | ART16-5-9-22-
3-B-B-2 |
ART351:12-2-B-5-B | ART350:10-2-1-B |
CHAOTAI
|
|||||||
| CROSSES | WAS 161-B-6-3-FKR-1
TOg5681/4*IR64 |
FAROX 501-B-10-2-1-2
FARO 44 /FARO 12
|
WAB56-104/CG14 X WAB56-104/MOROBERIKAN | WAB56-104/IRGC1061 X WAB56-104 | 1. WAB56-104/
2. IRGC106176/ 3. WAB56-104/ 4. WAB56-104
|
FARO 52/Swarna
SUB1 |
FARO 60/IR 64 SUB1 | IR 58025A (CMS)/PRR 301-325 (Restorer) | |||||||
| ORIGIN | AfricaRice | NCRI | AfricaRice | AfricaRice | AfricaRice | AfricaRice |
GAWAL
|
Pallishree Ltd Arambagh West Bengal Indian | |||||||
| HABITAT | Irrigated Lowland | Shallow Swamp | Upland | Upland |
Lowland |
Lowland |
Lowland |
Lowland |
|||||||
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 90-100 | 110-115 | 140-147 | 100-135 | 125-130 |
125-130 |
95-100
|
100-110 | 78-114 | ||||||
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 18-25 | 16-20 | 10-Aug | 10-Jun | 10-Aug |
15-20 |
12-Oct
|
20-25 | |||||||
| STEM BASE | Green | Green | Green | Green | Cream | Green | Green
|
cream | |||||||
| LEAVES | Narrow and long | Short and broad | Long broad/Wax | Long broad/Wax | Long broad/Wax | Long broad/Wax | Long broad/Wax | medium | |||||||
| LEAF SHEATH | Green | Green | Green | Green | Green | Green | Green
|
Green | |||||||
| PANICLE EXERTION | Well exerted | Well exerted | Well exerted | Well exerted | Moderately exerted | Fully exerted | Fully exerted
|
Moderately exerted | |||||||
| FLAG LEAF | Erect | Erect | Droping | Droping | Erect | Erect |
Erect
|
Erect | |||||||
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
Brown | Brown | Brown | Brown | Brown | Straw | Straw | Brown | |||||||
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
Brown | Brown | Green | Green | Green | Green |
Green
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| STIGMA | Colourless | Colorless | Cream | Cream | Cream |
Cream |
Cream
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Cream | |||||||
| AWNS | Awnless | Awnless | Very short | Awnles | Awnles | Awnless | Awnless | Awnless | |||||||
| LIGULE | Long and pointed | Long/pointed | Medium | Medium | Medium | Long | Long | Medium | |||||||
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 95-100 | 120-125 | 98-100 | 110-115 | 115-120 | 120-125 | 100-110 | 107-115 | |||||||
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 7 t/ha | 6 t/ha | 3-4t | 3.8-4.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 10.4 | 9.97 | 9.8 | ||||||
| GENOTYPE | A- | B | B | B | B | B | B | B | A | ||||||
| NAMES OF VARIETIES | FARO 68 | EX-Badaru | Bioseed-Fiyah 549 | Bioseed-Fiyah 800 | |||||||||||
| COMMON NAMES | Ex-Badaru | Paddy 549 | Paddy 800 | ||||||||||||
| CROSSES | NERICA-L19/FL478-1-53 | landrace | 408/412R | 408/4124R | |||||||||||
| ORIGIN | Africa rice | Jigawa State Agric. Research Institute | India | India | |||||||||||
| HABITAT | Lowland | Lowland | Lowland | Lowland | |||||||||||
| PLANT HEIGHT (CM) | 116-121 | 115-119 | 125-129 | ||||||||||||
| TILLERING CAPACITY | 29-34 | 26-30 | 16-20 | 16-20 | |||||||||||
| STEM BASE | Green | Green | Green | Green | |||||||||||
| LEAVES | Medium | Long broad/wax | Long broad/wax | ||||||||||||
| LEAF SHEATH | Green | Green | Green | ||||||||||||
| PANICLE EXERTION | Fully exerted | Fully exerted | Fully exerted | Fully exerted | |||||||||||
| FLAG LEAF | Erect | Erect | Erect | Erect | |||||||||||
| HUSK COLOUR
UNRIPE TO MATURED SEED |
Brown | Brown | Brown | Green to brown | |||||||||||
| APICULUS COLOUR
UNRIPE MATURED SEED |
Green to brown | Green to brown | |||||||||||||
| STIGMA | Cream | Purple | Purple | ||||||||||||
| AWNS |
Awnless |
Awnless |
Present | Present | |||||||||||
| LIGULE |
Long |
Long | Long | ||||||||||||
| MATURITY (DAYS) | 96-101 | 115-119 | 106-110 | ||||||||||||
| POTENTIAL YIELD (T/HA) | 11.56 | 9.9 t/ha | 11.8 t/ha | 11.7 t/ha | |||||||||||
| GENOTYPE | A & B | A | A | A | |||||||||||
NCRI Mega/Commercial Released Rice varieties:
To date NCRI has released 72 rice varieties adaptable to lowland and upland ecologies, out of which eight lowland and five upland varieties are of commercial demand across the country.
| S/N | Variety Name | Maturity Period | Ecology | Yield Potential | Notable Characteristics |
| LowlandMega Varieties | |||||
| 1 | FARO 44 | 115 | Lowland | 8 mt/ha | Tolerant to drought, blast and Midge |
| 2 | FARO 52 | 125 | Lowland | 7,6 mt/ha | Iron tolerant |
| 3 | FARO 57 | 130 | Lowland | 7.8 mt/ha | Tolerant to Iron, blast and Midge |
| 4 | FARO 60 | 125 | Lowland | 6.8 mt/ha | |
| 5 | FARO 61 | 115 | Lowland | 7.2 mt/ha | |
| 6 | FARO 66 | 125 | Lowland | 7.6 mt/ha | Flood tolerant |
| 7 | FARO 67 | 130 | Lowland | 6.9 mt/ha | Flood tolerant |
| 8 | Gawal R1 | 115 | Lowland | 7.8 mt/ha | Tolerant to drought, iron, blast and Midge |
| Upland Mega Varieties | |||||
| 9 | FARO 58
(NERICA 7) |
102 | Upland | 3.6 mt/ha | Resistant to drought, termites, and Striga |
| 10 | FARO 59
(NERICA 8) |
98 | Upland | 3.8 mt/ha | Resistant to drought, termites, and Striga |
| 11 | FARO 63 | 110 | Upland | 3.7 mt/ha | Resistant to drought, termites, and Striga |
| 12 | FARO 64 | 105 | Upland | 3.9 mt/ha | Resistant to drought, termites, and Striga |
| 13 | FARO 65 | 105 | Upland | 3.9 mt/ha | Resistant to drought, termites, and Striga |