‘TRY 4 rice variety suitable for sodic soil’

The TRY 4 rice variety, which was developed and released earlier this year by the TNAU’s Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute (ADACRI), has been found to tolerate sodicity at the study fields of the institute at Navalurkuttapattu on the outskirts of the city. “Farmers in Tiruchi and other parts of the State can raise TRY 4 in salt affected soils and get better yield,” P. Masilamani, Dean, ADACRI, said in a press release after a field visit by Joint Director of Agriculture (in-charge) S. Shanthi and V. Lakshmana Swamy, Deputy Director of Agriculture (State Scheme) to inspect the variety raised on the college campus.