Model of TBR97 Pure Rice Seed Production at Phu Nam Agricultural Cooperative (Thuy Chau District, Huong Thuy City, Thua Thien – Hue Province). Picture: Kong Dien.
In the winter-spring harvest of 2022 – 2023, ThaiBinh Seed Group Joint Stock Company – North Central Branch (ThaiBinh Seed North Central Coast) with Phu Nam Agricultural Cooperative (Huong Thuy City, Thua Thien – Hue Province) coordinated the deployment model of the rice variety TBR97 on an area of 1ha.
This is the second harvest of ThaiBinh Seed in the North Central region to transfer the pure rice variety TBR97 to ecological regions of Thua Thien – Hue province to evaluate the adaptability of the variety as a basis for mass production in the following years. accordingly.
Elderly farmer Nguyen The (Thuy Chau District, Huong Thuy City) shared that his family will plant 1 ha of TBR97 rice variety supplied by ThaiBinh Seed in North-Central Region in the winter-spring harvest of 2022-2023 .
Farmers in Thua Thien – Hue enjoy experiencing the pure rice variety TBR97. Picture: Kong Dien.
According to Mr The, the weather is quite unfavorable this year, with lots of sunshine, lots of rain, with many alternating cold snaps, which are favorable for the development of pests and diseases, especially tuber disease, which damages many varieties of rice. Leaf rollers do a lot of damage. From early April to now there have been many small rains combined with strong winds coinciding with the time the rice blooms and dries causing the rice to turn black and fall off in many places.
“However, with rice TBR97, field trials have shown that the variety has very good resistance to pests and diseases and has not seen the emergence of smut diseases, as well as a group of bacterial diseases and aphids of all kinds, which my family grows I did not have to spray to avoid to fight any pests, the fall rate is almost nonexistent. So far the yield in the model has reached 67 quintals/ha, more than 5 quintals more than the control. The.
When we visited the demonstration model of rice variety TBR97 at Phu Nam Agricultural Cooperative, the farmers from the districts and cities of Thua Thien-Hue province were all amazed at the healthy growth of rice plants and flowering together.
Although the TBR97 variety has only just entered trial production since the second harvest, it has received a lot of attention from local farmers. Picture: Kong Dien.
In particular, many farmers from cooperatives who have not yet implemented the model showed great interest when the manager of ThaiBinh Seed in the North Central Region presented more about the benefits of the variety such as yield, good quality and tolerance. , very suitable for the harsh weather conditions of the central region.
As if to further confirm the benefits of the TBR97 variety, many farmers wade through the fields and manually cut the rice to assess yield and productivity. And the fact that the TBR97 strain did not disappoint.
Hoang Chien of Dai Thanh Agricultural Cooperative, Loc An Township, Phu Loc District, couldn’t hide his excitement after seeing first-hand the benefits of the TBR97 rice variety demonstration field.
The yield of the TBR97 variety produced in the Thua Thien – Hue field reached 67 quintals/ha, surpassing the control variety Khang Dan 18 by more than 5 quintals/ha. Picture: Kong Dien.
He has been involved with agriculture for most of his life, so for Mr. Chien, the types of rice that are adapted and suitable for walking barefoot in the area are almost always in his heart. However, when he first held the golden grain of rice loaded with TBR97 variety seeds in the field of Thua Thien – Hue, Mr. Chien fell in love immediately.
“Through this workshop, on our return to the locality, we will encourage and encourage other members to learn more about the TBR97 variety. Hopefully in the near future this rice variety will be widely used in production in Vietnam. Localities in the province,” said Mr. Chien.
Based on the advantages of TBR97 variety, Mr. Phan Bua, Director of Funan Agricultural Cooperative, suggested that ThaiBinh Seed in North-Central region continue to expand many production bases in many ecological regions in the next harvests to have a better one Rating, exact price.
The advantages of the TBR97 grade, such as B. Hardiness, resistance to falling and cleaning from pests and diseases… were confirmed after 2 harvests. Picture: Kong Dien.
Mr. Phan Bua also suggested that the provincial Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the provincial sub-Ministry of Cultivation and Plant Protection should continue to introduce the pure rice variety TBR97 into the promising short-term variety group, while creating conditions replicating the model based on the department will arrange on-site , to plan winter crop production, summer-autumn flood plains in the province.
According to Mr. Bui Quang Tuan, director of ThaiBinh Seed North Central, TBR97 pure rice variety was selected and bred by Institute of Food Plants and Food Plants. ThaiBinh Seed Group Joint Stock Company is the exclusive production and business entity.
The advantage of TBR97 is that it is a cold hardy rice variety that is widely adapted, tolerant of intensive farming, resistant to blast disease and leaf hoppers fairly well. The strain has a short growing season and is suited to harsh weather conditions in the central provinces, particularly the North Central region.