Assessment of highland rice varieties with high yielding and early maturing at Kerinci

Abstract

Rice varieties with high production and early age in the highlands paddy fields have not much breeding results. Rice production is affected by low temperature and humidity. This study aimed to obtain high yielding and early maturing rice varieties among several varieties cultivated at Kerinci. This research was conducted on paddy fields in Kerinci Jambi district with an altitude of 800-950 meter above sea level. Time series were carried out from 2017, 2018, 2019 using the adaptive highland rice varieties Inpari 28 Kerinci, Sarinah, Inpari 30 and Inpari 32 cropping systems jajar legowo. The results showed that the Inpari 28 Kerinci variety had a production 7.46 t ha-1 followed by Sarinah 6.83 then Inpari 30 as much as 6.47 t ha-1 and Inpari 32 as much as 6.17 t ha-1. Inpari 28 Kerinci variety and shorter maturity with a harvest age of 96-105 days after transplanting.