Region / kind of land

Seasons

Varieties

Upland

(Modan land)

Purely rainfed

First crop

PTB 28, PTB 29, PTB 30, Suvarnamodan, Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Swarnaprabha, Rohini, Aiswarya

Palliyals (Myals)

Single crop

terraced

First crop

Early duration:  Rohini, Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Jyothy, Kairali, Kanchana, Harsha, Karthika, Ahalya

Medium duration:  Aswathy, Sabari, Bharathy, Jaya, Mahsuri, Aiswarya, Aathira

Double crop

wet lands:

a.  Semi-dry

cultivation

First crop

Early duration:  Mattatriveni, Annapurna, Jyothy, Swarnaprabha, Ahalya, Varsha, Rohini, Karthika, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Kanchana, Harsha, Kairali, Kunjukunju Varna, Kunjukunju Priya

Medium duration:  Aswathy, Sabari, Bharathy, Jaya, Mahsuri, Arathy, Remya, Kanakom, Ranjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Bhadra

Second crop

Any of the varieties suggested for the first crop seasons (except

Rohini)

b.  Transplanted

First crop

Early duration:  Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Jyothy, Swarnaprabha, Kairali, Kanchana, Karthika, Aruna, Makom, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Varsha, Rohini, Ahalya, Kunjukunju Varna, Kunjukunju Priya.

Medium duration:  Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Mahsuri, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma

Late duration:  Mangalamahsuri, Pranava

Second crop

Early duration:  Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Jyothy, Kairali, Kanchana, Karthika, Makom, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana Kunjukunju Varna, Kunjukunju Priya

Medium duration:  Aswathy, Sabari, Bharathy, Jaya, Mahsuri, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma

Late duration:  Mangalamahsuri, Karuna, Resmi, Nila, Makaram, Khumbham, Dhanu

Third crop

Early duration:  Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Jyothy, Swarnaprabha, Kairali, Kanchana, Karthika, Makom, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Ahalya, Harsha, Varsha

Medium duration:  Sabari, Bharathy, Jaya, Aathira, Aiswarya, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma

Kuttanad area

Puncha

Early duration:  Karthika, Makom, Aruna, Jyothy, Mattatriveni, Annapurna, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana

Medium duration:  Bhadra, Asha, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma, Gowri

Additional crop

Early duration:  Karthika, Aruna, Makom, Annapurna, Jyothy, Mattatriveni, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana

Medium duration:  Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Jaya, Sabari, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma

Kole area

Mundakan

Extra short duration:  Hraswa

Early duration:  Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Jyothy, Swarnaprabha, Karthika, Aruna, Makom, Kanchana, Kairali, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana, Ahalya, Varsha

Medium duration:  Aswathy, Sabari, Bharathy, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Jaya, Aiswarya, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma, Bhadra

Pokkali area

First crop

Vyttila-1, Vyttila-2, Vyttila-3, Vyttila-4, Vyttila-5

Deep ill-drained regions of

southern districts

First crop

Remya, Arathy

Second crop

Kottarakkara-1, Lakshmi, Nila, Makaram, Kumbham, Mangalamahsuri

Waterlogged and flooded areas

First crop

IR-5, Pankaj, Jagannath, H4, Mahsuri, Neeraja, Mangalamahsuri

Oorumundakan

Second crop

Late duration:  Sagara

Onattukara and coastal sandy

areas

a.  Where HYVs do not come up

First crop

PTB 23

Second crop

PTB 20

b.  Where HYVs come up well

First crop

Early duration:  Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Jyothy, Bhagya, Rohini, Onam, Aruna, Makom, Karthika, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana

Medium duration:  Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Arathy, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma, Chingam

Second crop

Early Duration:  Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Makom, Jyothy, Karthika, Revathy, Remanika, Krishnanjana

Medium duration:  Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathi, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Dhanya (season bound), Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma.

Third crop

Annapurna, Mattatriveni, Rohini, Makom, Revathi, Remanika, Krishnanjana.

Medium duration:  Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Aswathy, Pavizham, Remya, Kanakom, Renjini, Pavithra, Panchami, Uma, Karishma

Poonthalpadam

Makom, Mattatriveni, Neeraja

High altitude area:

a.  Single crop

areas

WND-1, WND-2, Aswathy, Jaya, Sabari, Mahsuri, Bhadra, IR 8, Aathira

b.  Double crop areas

First crop

Aswathy, Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy. Bhadra, Deepthi, Aathira, IR 8

Second crop

Aswathy, Jaya, Sabari, Bharathy, Bhadra, Deepthi, Aathira, IR 8

c.  Eastern lateritic regions of Kollam & Alappuzha districts

Second crop

Lakshmi

Chitoor black soil

First crop

ASD 16, ASD 17, Mahsuri, Varsha, ADT 43

Second crop

Ponni, Vellaponni, Ponmani, ASD 16, ASD 17, Pranava, Karuna, Swetha, Bhadra