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TNAU Agritech Portal :: Traditional Varieties grown in Tamil nadu
                                                                                     

Chitrakar

  • Grown in Thirupullani tracts of Ramnad distric
  • Peasants generally name all these local cultivars in the name of mattai or norungan
  • Suitable for coastal sandy soils and drought resistant and tall variety
  • Yield is 1000kg/acre and it fetches higher price because the local people like red rice variety more than other fine rice varieties
  • The duration of the variety is 110 days. It is sown normally in the middle of September and harvested in the month of January
 
 

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