Collection of rice germplasm from malabar, Kerala

In an exploration undertaken in northern districts of Kerala, parts of South Canara and Coorg districts of Karnataka, 104 accessions of rice comprising 60 landraces and 24 wild rice samples falling under four species were collected. Some of the very rare landraces which are at the verge of extinction, such as ‘Kurichyar’, ‘Karimpalar’, ‘Mavilan’, ‘Jathikurichyar’, ‘Wynadan chetty’, ‘Gounder’ and ‘Naikkar’ could be collected. The collection included special purpose local landraces as detailed in the text.