Varieties of Rice in India

Rice Varieties in All India   

Rice forms an integral part of the life of all Indians. The harvesting area of rice in India is the largest in the world. Rice cultivation is found in all the states of India.

ASD-16 Rice	ASD-17 Rice	Gauri Rice
Gayatri Rice	Hari Rice	Heera Rice
HKR-120 Rice	IET-10222 Rice	IET-8548 Rice
Jaya Rice	Kalyani-II Rice	Kanak Rice
Karna Rice	Kshira Rice	Lalat Rice
Mahaveera Rice	MDU-3 Rice	Moti Rice
Narendra Dhan-118 Rice	Padmini Rice	Panvel-2 Rice
Pathara Rice	Prasanna Rice	Ratnagiri-1 Rice
Ratnagiri-2 Rice	Seshu Rice	Sonasali Rice
Sravani Rice	Srinivas Rice	Tara Rice
Vanaprabha Rice	Vikas Rice	Vikramarya Rice
Vivek Dhan-62 Rice	VL Dhan-163 Rice

Rice Varieties in East India 

It is said that the roots of rice lie in East India. Research studies show that the indica variety of rice was first domesticated in south of the Himalayas within a region spanning eastern India, Myanmar and Thailand.

Today, the Eastern part of India is of special importance with regard to food security in India. About 30 million tonnes of the total 82 million tonnes, that is more than one-third of rice produced in India in 1998/99, were contributed by East Indian States.

Almost all the states in East India cultivate rice but there are four major states. They are :

·         West Bengal

      ·         Bihar

      ·         Orissa

      ·         Assam

Ajaya Rice	Amulya Rice	Anjali Rice
Annada Rice	Birsa Dhan-101 Rice	Birsa Dhan-201 Rice
Birsa Dhan-202 Rice	Birsa Gora-102 Rice	Boro Rice
BR-34 Rice	Chelarai Rice	CNM Rice
Dharitri Rice	Golak Rice	IET-1136 Rice
IET-2233 Rice	IR-20 Rice	IR-36 Rice
Jaladhi-1 Rice	Jaladhi-2 Rice	Janki Rice
Jayamati Rice	Ketaki joha Rice	Konark Rice
Kunti Rice	Lachit rice	Lakhimi Rice
Laxmi Rice	Luit Rice	Monoharsali Rice
Patna Rice	Phou-oibi Rice	Punsi Rice
Rajendra Dhan Rice	Ratna Rice	Salivahana Rice
Saraswati Rice	Sita Rice	Sneha Rice
Sugandha Rice	Tulsi Rice	Uydyagiri Rice

Rice Varieties in North India        

Rice forms an integral part of the life of all Indians. The main states covering rice cultivation in North India are

·         Punjab

      ·         Haryana

      ·         Uttar Pradesh

      ·         Jammu and Kashmir

      ·         Himachal Pradesh

Aditya Rice	Barkat Rice	Cauveri Rice
Chakia-59 Rice	China Rice	Cross-116 Rice
Dhan Narendra-1 Rice	Giza-14 Rice	Govind Rice
Himalaya Rice	Indian Basmati Rice	IR-579 Rice
Jalmagan Rice	Jhona-349 Rice	Karishma Rice
Malviya Dhan-36 Rice	N-8 Rice	Narendra-80 Rice
PR 106 Rice	PR-103 Rice	PR-4141 Rice
Prasad Rice	Pusa-169 Rice	Saket-4 Rice
Taichung Native-1 Rice	Tawi Rice	Type-21 Rice
Type-3 Rice	USAR-1 Rice	VL Dhan Rice
VLK-Dhan-39 Rice

Rice Varieties in South India 

Rice is the staple food of all Indians. Infact in India rice is worshipped. Harvest festival or Sankranthi is all about celebrating rice in India. Particularly in South India, rice plays an important role. It is the main grain cultivated in this region and it is a nourishing food that people subsist on every day of their life. It is no wonder that there is a festival dedicated to the almighty rice. Equally worshipped are the cow, the man's best partner and the elements earth, sun and water, who make, growing and cultivating of rice possible.

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ADT (R) 46	ADT-37 Rice	ADT-38 Rice
ADT-39 Rice	Amrut Rice	Annapurna-28 Rice
Chengalpattu Sirumani Rice	Improved White Ponni Rice	Jagannath Rice
Kadaikazhuthan Rice	Kaliyan Samba Rice	Kallimadaiyan Rice
Kallundai Rice	Kappa Samba Rice	Karnataka Hill Paddy-5 Rice
Kattu Kuthalam Rice	Kaum Rice	Kothmala-Golukulu Rice
Krishna Anjana Rice	Kudaivazhai Rice	Kullakkar Rice
Kuzhiyadichan Rice	Lakshmi Kajal Rice	Nagarjuna Rice
Neelan Samba Rice	Phalguna Rice	Pitchavari Rice
Prakash Rice	Pusa-44 Rice	Ravi Rice
Rohini Rice	Sabari Rice	Sadakar Rice
Samba Mahsuri Rice	Samba Mosanam Rice	Samba Rice
Seeraga Samba Rice	Sivappu kuruvikar Rice	Sona Masuri Rice
Thangam Samba Rice	Thooyamallee Rice

Rice Varieties in West India 

Rice forms an integral part of the life of all Indians. The harvesting area of rice in India is the largest in the world. Rice cultivation is found in all the states of India. The major states covering rice cultivation in West India are :

  ·         Gujarat

      ·         Madhya Pradesh

      ·         Maharashtra

Ambika Rice	CR-138-928 Rice	Garima Rice
GR-102 Rice	GR-103 Rice	GR-11 Rice
GR-3 Rice	GR-4 Rice	GR-5 Rice
Guar Rice	Indrayani Rice	IR-8 Rice
Jawahar Dhan-75 Rice	Karjat Rice	KMDP-1 Rice
KMDP-2 Rice	Kranti Rice	Lalloo-14 Rice
Panvel-1 Rice	Prabhavati Rice	Purva Rice
Ratnagiri-3 Rice	Ratnagiri-68-1 Rice	Ratnagiri-73-1 Rice
Sahyadri Rice	Sakoli-7 Rice	Sathi-34-36 Rice
SKL-6 Rice	SLR-51214 Rice