BRSMG Rubelita: irrigated rice cultivar for lowlands in the state of Minas Gerais

Abstract

The lowland rice breeding program, developed in the state of Minas Gerais, has as basic objective to release new commercial cultivars. In this way, this program is making available a new cultivar named BRSMG Rubelita, which has as main characteristics: medium cycle, high tillering, lodging tolerance, diseases tolerance, high grain quality, and high grain yield.

Keywords

• Oryza sativa
• lowland rice
• rice breeding