Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

The present investigation is undertaken to identify potential high yielding, short duration rice genotypes suitable for Summer Cultivation Hilly region of Karnataka. The thirty four promising breeding lines and checks was evaluated during summer-2021-22. Which include germplasms collected from AICRP experiments and also generated from crossing Sona Mahsuri x Anatarsali. The field experiment was conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. In the present study results revealed significant difference among genotypes for all traits studied under stress, indicating presence of considerable amount of genetic variation among the population. Among genotypes evaluated IET-22627 (98.14, 3435.00), IET-22636 (96.90, 3391.66), IET-21940 (96.25, 3368.75) and KRGL-20-1-5-B (94.34, 3302.08) noted highest fertility percentage and grain yield (kg/ha) respectively.