INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY ISSN Print: 1560–8530; ISSN Online: 1814–9596 09–088/AKA/2009/11–5–616–620 http://www.fspublishers.org
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Evaluation of Six Aromatic Rice Varieties for Yield and Yield Contributing Characters M. ASHRAFUZZAMAN1, MD. RAFIQUL ISLAM, MOHD. RAZI ISMAIL†, S.M. SHAHIDULLAH† AND M.M. HANAFI† Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh †Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 1 Corresponding author’s e-mail:
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ABSTRACT A study was undertaken to evaluate the growth performance and grain quality of six aromatic rice varieties BR34, BR38, Kalizira, Chiniatop, Kataribhog and Basmati grown under rainfed conditions. The rice varieties differed significantly (P