Choice of stable rice genotypes for fragile environment

Traditional rainfed lowland varieties are poor yet stable.Therefore twelve elite low land genotypes were evaluated for stability analysis. NDR 30039, NDR 30030 and NDR 30076 recorded high stability, both at cultivator fields and on station. Three genotypes had common ancestry and hence the differences in the genotypes could be only in maturity duration. NDR 40012 and NDR 40013 selected from different parentage, gave higher yields but differed in their stability levels.