Jasmine 85 rice is a short-duration fragrant rice variety, also known as early maturing rice. Jasmine rice is currently widely cultivated and accounts for the largest area among all rice varieties. This is due to its high yield and value.
– Origin: The Jasmine 85 rice variety is an introduced variety from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) that was selected and purified by the Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute (MARDI).
– Main features:
+ This is a variety with wide adaptability, high and stable yield, suitable for cultivation in both winter-spring and summer-autumn crops.
+ The plant has a beautiful shape, is quite stiff, responsive to fertilizers, and has a low percentage of empty grains. The plant is strong, less susceptible to lodging, and tolerant of mild salinity.
– Agronomic characteristics:
+ Short growth time: 100 - 105 days
+ Plant height: 90-100cm
+ Average branching capacity
+ Number of rice ears/m2: 350 - 450 rice ears/m2
+ Shape: Stiff variety, less prone to falling, concentrated flowering, flat leaves, compact shape
+ Number of firm rice grains/rice ears: 90 - 105 grains
+ Rate of flat rice: 14 - 15%
+ Weight of 1000 grain: 26 - 27 grams
+ Productivity cost: 7 - 8 tons/ha
– Pest reactions: Not resistant to brown planthoppers, mildly infected with sheath blight, infected with rice disease/leaf curl.
– Grain quality: Rice grain size is 7.2 - 7.8mm, the variety meets high-class export standards, the rice grain is clear white, not white, has a medium aroma, is flexible, the rice grain is sticky, sticky. When cold, the rice is still soft.
