Rice (Oryza sativa)

Region/Type of land Seasons Varieties
Upland (Modan land)
Purely rainfed		 First crop PTB 28, PTB 29, PTB 30, Suvarnamodan, Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Swarnaprabha, Rohini, Aiswarya, Vaishak, Harsha
Palliyals (Myals)
Single crop terraced		 First crop Short duration : Rohini, Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Jyothi, Kairali, Kanchana, Harsha, Karthika, Ahalya, Prathyasa
Medium duration : Aswathy, Sabari, Bharathy, Jaya, Aiswarya, Aathira.
Long duration : Mahsuri
Double crop wetlands :
a. Semi-dry cultivation		 First crop Short duration : Matta Triveni, Annapoorna, Jyothi, Aruna, Makom, Swarnaprabha, Ahalya, Varsha, Rohini, Karthika, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Kanchana, Harsha, Kairali, Kunjukunju Varna, Kunjukunju Priya, Prathyasa.
Medium duration : Aswathy, Sabari, Bharathy, Jaya, Arathy, Remya, Kanakom, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Bhadra.
Long duration : Mahsuri
Second Crop Any of the varieties suggested for the first crop season (Except Rohini).
b. Transplanted First crop Short duration : Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Jyothi, Swarnaprabha, Kairali, Kanchana, Karthika, Aruna, Makom, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Varsha, Rohini, Ahalya, Kunjukunju Varna, Kunjukunju Priya, Prathyasa
Medium duration : Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma
Long duration : Mangala Mahsuri, Pranava, Mahsuri, Jaiva
Second crop Short duration : Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Jyothi, Kairali, Kanchana, Karthika, Makom, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Kunjukunju Varna, Kunjukunju Priya, Prathyasa
Medium duration : Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma, Sampada, Jaiva
Long duration : Mangala Mahsuri, Karuna, Rasmi, Nila, Makaram, Kumbham, Dhanu, Anashwara, Mahsuri
Third crop Short duration : Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Jyothi, Aruna Swarnaprabha, Kairali, Kanchana, Karthika, Makom, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Ahalya, Harsha, Varsha, Prathyasa
Medium duration : Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Jaiva
Kuttanad Area Puncha Short duration : Karthika, Makom, Jyothi, Matta Triveni, Annapoorna, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Prathyasa
Medium duration : Kanakom, Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Gouri, Bhadra, Asha, Pavizham, Sreyas
Additional Crop Short duration : Karthika, Makom, Aruna, Jyothi, Matta Triveni, Annapoorna, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Prathyasa, Sreyas
Medium duration : Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Jaya, Sabari, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma
Kari Soils Additional Crop Short duration : Krishnanjana, Vyttila 6
Medium duration : Uma, Vyttila 2
Kole Area Mundakan Extra short duration: Hraswa
Short duration : Karthika, Makom, Aruna, Jyothi, Onam, Bhagya, Matta Triveni, Annapoorna, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Ahalya, Varsha, Swarnaprabha, Kanchana, Kairali, Manupriya, Prathyasa
Medium duration : Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Jaya, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Bhadra, Aswathy, Sabari, Bharathy and Aiswarya
Pokkali Area First Crop Vyttila-1, Vyttila-2, Vyttila-3, Vyttila-4,Vyttila-5,Vyttila-6, Vyttila-7, Vyttila-8, Vyttila-9, Vyttila-10, Vyttila-11
Kaipad tract First Crop Ezhome-1, Ezhome-2, Ezhome-3, Ezhome-4
Deep ill-drained regions of southern First Crop Remya, Arathi, Uma
Second Crop Kottarakkara-1, Lakshmi, Nila, Makaram, Kumbham, Mangala Mahsuri
Waterlogged and flooded areas First Crop IR-5, Pankaj, Jagannath, H4, Mahsuri, Neeraja, Mangala Mahsuri
Oorumundakan Second Crop Late duration : Sagara, Amritha
Onattukara and Coastal Sandy areas
a. Where HYVs do not come up 		First Crop

Second Crop 		PTB 23

PTB 20
b. Where HYVs come up well First Crop
Short Duration: Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Jyothi, Chinga Bhagya, Rohini, Onam, Aruna, Makom, Karthika, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Prathyasa PTB 23
Medium Duration: Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Arathi, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma
Second Crop
Short Duration: Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Jyothi,,Makom, Karthika, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana
Medium Duration: Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Bhadra, Asha, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Dhanya, Anaswara, Dhanu (season bound), Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma
Third crop
Short Duration: Annapoorna, Matta Triveni, Rohini, Makom, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Prathyasa
Medium Duration: Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma
Poonthalpadam Neeraja, Swetha, Ponmani
High altitude area :
a. Single crop areas 		Aswathy, Jaya, Sabari, Mahsuri
Bhadra, IR 8, Aathira,Uma, Deepthi
b. Double crop areas First Crop
Second Crop 		Aswathy, Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Bhadra, Deepthi, Aathira, IR-8, Uma
Aswathy, Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Bhadra, Deepthi, Aathira, IR-8, Uma
    c. Eastern laterite regions of Kollam and Alappuzha districts
 Second Crop Lakshmi, Makaram, Kumbham, Thulam
Koottumundakan First Crop Samyuktha, Swarnapraha, Vaishak, Karthika, Aiswarya
Second Crop Makaram, Kumbham
Chittoor black soil First Crop ASD 16, ASD 17, Mahsuri, Varsha, ADT 43, Ranjini
Second Crop Ponni, Vellaponni, Ponmani, ASD 16, ASD 17, Pranava, Karuna, Swetha, Bhadra