– Origin: Dai Thom 8 rice variety was selected from a cross between the mother variety BVN and the father variety OM4900
– Main features:
+ Dai Thom 8 is a rice variety with a compact plant style, leaf-shaped leaves, high spike leaf durability, narrow spike leaf angle, strong tillering, tolerance to intensive farming, high field purity, and good panicle emergence. Through a number of actual growing seasons, it has been shown that Dai Thom 8 adapts quite well, meeting the needs in terms of productivity, disease resistance and rice quality.
– Agronomic characteristics:
– Growing duration: Spring crop: 90 - 100 days, Summer-Autumn crop: 100 - 105 days
. Plant height: 95 - 100 cm
. Strong branching capacity
+ Shape: Vertical leaves, green, elongated seeds, bright yellow, resistant to intensive farming, hard and resistant to falling
+ Number of firm rice grains/rice ears: 90 - 110 grains
+ Number of rice ears/m2: 370 - 390 rice ears/m2
+ Weight of 1000 grain: 23 - 24 grams
+ Productivity potential: 6.5 – 7.0 tons/ha
– Pest and disease response: This rice variety has average resistance to some major pests and diseases, tolerates intensive farming, and is hardy and resistant to lodging.
– Grain quality: rice grain length: 6.7 mm. The rice is clear and not greasy, the rice is shiny white, sticky, fragrant, rich in flavor, and the rice is dry.
