One hundred and twenty accessions of rice gerrnplasm were collected from the super cyclone devastated areas of Orissa after two months of natural calamity to salvage the landraces and the traditional varieties from the remnants of ratoon crops. The collected gerrnplasm lines were tested for submergence tolerance. Two cultivars namely Khoda (CRRI accession no. 36470, IC no. 283020) and Khadara (CRRI accession no. 36476, IC no. 283026) were found to be tolerant and were comparable with internationally recognised tolerant check FR 13A.
Oryza sativa L., Germplasm, Submergence tolerance
