DRR Dhan-75, A Climate-resilient and High-yielding Fine-grain Rice Variety 

DRR Dhan-75 a climate-resilient and high-yielding fine grain rice variety has been jointly developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad and ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad through the process of marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB) and it was released in the year 2024. DRR Dhan-75 possesses high yield (6 to 8 tons/ hectare), superior grain-quality attributes (i.e. fine-grain type) similar to the highly popular mega-variety (being cultivated in about 5-10% of total rice cultivation area) of rice, i.e. Samba Mahsuri (SM, BPT5204) and has high level of resistance against bacterial blight (BB) disease (caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae) and blast (fungal disease caused by Magnoportha oryzae). DRR Dhan-75 is also tolerant to lodging (wild damage), which is a common problem of rice, causing yield losses to farmers. Another advantage of DRR Dhan-75 rice is that it is not a transgenic plant, and farmers can save their seed for subsequent use.

A climate-resilient and high-yielding fine-grain, non-transgenic rice variety.

• Resistant to bacterial blight disease of rice
• Resistant to blast (fungal) disease of rice
• Up to ~50% more yield under bacterial blight and blast disease infection
• High yielding (6 to 8 tonnes/ha) compared to SM (~5 tonnes/ha)
• Exceptional eating and cooking quality similar to SM
• Save input cost for farmers as it matures 10-15 days earlier (~130-135 days) than Samba Mahsuri rice (~140-145 days)
• Tolerant to lodging (has stronger culm/stem) and will be helpful in saving yield losses due to wind/cyclone damage.
• Farmers can save their seed for subsequent use (save input/seed cost)