Friday, January 1, 2010

A new rice variety introduced in Sri Lanka

(January 01, 2010) Bathalegoda Rice Research and Development Center of Sri Lanka has introduced a new rice variety that yields in three and half months.

This new rice variety named as BG 366 gives out a harvest of 8.9 tons per hectare, says the Agriculture Department.

The Department further says that the new rice variety is pleasant in taste and  resisting to many pests.


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