Acc. No.

Name of the variety

Specific trait

Source

VB 9

O. sativa L.var.IR 36

High yielding drought sensitive lines, presently the popular lines of Bengal

Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha

VB 18

O. rufipogon Griffiths (popular name Redrice and by some tribal as Orhidhan)

Grow with rice in field as weeds, shatter readily before harvest, so that paddy field became thoroughly infested with dropped seeds, which can grow with the following crop and can remain viable for 1 - 3 years.

Collected from a low land rice field in Bankura, South Bengal

VB 156

O. sativa L.var. Jugal

An indigenous less popular rice lines of Bengal and Odisha having 1 - 3 kernels within a mature spikelet (grain).

Basudha farm at Panchal, Bankura, South Bengal, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha

VB 162

O. sativa L.var. Bhut Moori

A typical drought indigenous line with medium yield, used for preparation of popped rice.

Basudha farm at Panchal, Bankura, South Bengal