Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair 744 101 (A & N Islands).
C 14-8, a very tall, lodging susceptible, stringendy photosensivitive, traditional indica variety assumed to have been introduced from Myanmmar about a hundread year back; currendr grows over 80% rice growing area in Bay Islands. It produces very low grain yield of 2–2.5 Mgha-indeed extensively preferred by the farmers owing to its wide adaptability across south-, middle- and north Andamans, moderate level of inbuilt tolerances towards biotic and abiotic stresses prevailing in the hot humid tropics of Bay Islands and the amazing character of growing under zero management. Agro-botanical characters of this variety have been profiled in detail in this article.
