Morpho-agronomic DUS Characterization of Scented Harinakhuri Rice Landrace of Coastal West Bengal

The agro-morphological characterization of aromatic Harinakhuri rice landrace was done at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV), Kalyani, West Bengal, India during kharif seasons of 2013, 2014 and 2015. This landrace had medium plant height (scale 5, 120–130 cm) with late maturity (scale 7, 140–150 days). The lemma and palea of matured grain was straw coloured with purple spot at tip and sterile lemma in purple colour. The grains were short (7.90 mm) and occasionally awned, which had low test weight (15.2 g). The white-coloured kernels belonged to medium-slender group (length 5.76 mm and width 2.00 mm), which had low amylose content (15.6%), high-medium gelatinization temperature (medium alkali value, score 3.66) and medium aroma (score 1.70).