ADAPTATION STUDY OF SOME NEW SUPERIOR VARIETIES OF RICE IN DISTRICT OF SERAM BAGIAN TIMUR

Abstract

This study was aimed to obtain at least 2–3 varieties which produce high quality and good adaptation in
Maluku. The study was conducted in rice fi elds the village of Jakarta Baru, the Regency Seram Bagian Timur
in 2011. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with three replications and fi ve treatments.
Legowo model 4:1 with plant spacing of (20 cm x 10 cm) x 40 cm was used as a cropping system. The measured
parameters consisted of plant height, number of productive tillers per hill, panicle length, number of grains per
panicle, total grain weight (g)/hill, and the dry grain yields/hectare (ton/ha). Results showed that among fi ve
tested varieties, Inpari 13 has the highest production followed by Conde variety suggesting that both Inpari 13 and
Conde varieties are promisingly varieties to be developed in the district of Seram Bagian Timur.