Farmers Must Sow Certified Varities Of Paddy

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th May, 2018 ) :Punjab Agriculture department has advised the farmers to sow certified varieties of paddy for getting maximum yield. A spokesman of the department said here on Sunday that certified varieties of paddy includes KS-282, Nayyab ARI 9, ARI 6, KSK 133, KSK 434 and Nayyab 2013 while Basmati varieties include Super basmati, Basmati 515, Basmati 385, Basmati Pak (Karnal Basmati), Kisan basmati, Chennab basmati, Nayyab basmati 2016, Noor basmati.

He said that hybrid varieties include Y-26, Pride-1, Shehan Shah-2, PHB-71 and others. The spokesman said that unsuitable varieties include Super fine, Kashmira, Malta, Hero and others adding that farmers should not sow these varieties at all because rice produced through these varieties is not of good quality. APP/yrb/zhr