Growth and result performance of 10 promising resistant lines of tungro disease in Lanrang South Sulawesi

Abstract Increased rice production is constrained by various limiting factors, One of these is tungro disease, which can limit productivity. When resistant tungro varieties are available, they are regarded as an affective control tool that is also more environmental friendly. Advanced yield experiment represents a phase in the process of producing cultivars that are resistant to tungro disease. The study aimed to determine the growth and result performance of tungro-resistant lines with greater phenotypic characteristics and yield potential compared to other tungro resistant varieties. The study was carried out from July to October 2018 at the Tungro Disease Research Station in Lanrang Sidrap, utilizing a design with a randomized complete block design, It was repeated three times using 10 tungro-resistant lines and two comparative varieties, namely Inpari 7, Lanrang, and Ciherang. The F test was used to examine the data, and the Least Significant Difference (LSD) test was used to determine significance. The parameters observed were Flowering age of 50% (days), number of panicles per m2, plant height (cm), density score, the weight of 1000 grains, number of filled and unfilled grains per panicle, moisture content (%), grain yield (kg/ha). Results revealed that there were four lines BP12280-3f-7-Kn-2-1*B-Lrg-1-1-10-9, BP12280-3f-7-Kn-2-1 * B-Lrg-1- 1-10-9, BP12206f-8-3-2 * B-LR-20-4 and BP12280-3f-7-Kn-2-1 * B-Lrg-1- 16-14 with a higher grain yield than Ciherang and Inpari 7 Lanrang, which benefited by 1000 grain weight, the number of grains filled per panicle and flowering age is 50% earlier than the comparison variety.