Maudamani Rice cultivar performed better under natural farming condition in andaman and Nicobar Islands

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the Rice (Oryza Sativa) varieties suitable for natural farming syatem. The experiment was carried out in the Kharif season of 2019 and 2020 at ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, North & Middle Andaman, Nimbudera to study the yield attributes of different rice varieties. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) and replicated fourth times. The treatments consisted of 05 five rice varieties viz., Gayatri, Sarala, Hasanta, Maudamani, CSR 36. The variety Maudamani produced significantly higher grain yield of 8.6 t/ha and straw yield 9.6 t/ha and registered a enhanced yield increase ranging from 32 to 82 per cent over the other varieties. It was found that varieties and cultures differ widely among themselves when grown under similar natural farming system in terms of grain and straw yield. Hence, it was inferred that Maudamani rice variety proved better yield performing followed by Gayatri.