Hybrid Rice Helping Furrow-Irrigated Rice Make Good Start

By Forrest Laws, Delta Farm Press

Hybrid vigor, increased root mass, disease resistance can be pluses for row rice.

Planting rice on beds or in a row-rice system can be stressful. That’s why many of the growers experimenting with furrow-irrigated rice are planting rice hybrids to take advantage of their hybrid vigor, larger root mass and resistance to diseases.

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