Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Jan 2008)

CULTIVAR RELEASE-BRSMG Predileta: irrigated rice cultivar for lowlands in Minas Gerais, Brazil

  • Plínio César Soares,
  • Antônio Alves Soares,
  • Vanda Maria de Oliveira Cornélio,
  • Moizés de Souza Reis,
  • Orlando Peixoto de Morais,
  • Veridiano dos Anjos Cutrim,
  • Antônio Rodrigues Vieira,
  • Roberto Fontes Araújo,
  • David Carlos Ferreira Baffa,
  • Joyce Cristina Costa,
  • Rodrigo Moreira Ribeiro,
  • Felipe Lopes da Silva

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 251 – 254

Abstract

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The cultivar of irrigated rice BRSMG Predileta has high grain yield, resistance to the main rice diseases andproduces good quality grains for industry and cooking. It was recommended in 2007 by the Genetic Improvement Programfor lowland rice in Minas Gerais, developed by EPAMIG in partnership with Embrapa Arroz e Feijão.

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