Abstract

Abstract:Rice diversityof West Bengal is getting depleted day by day due to cultivation of elite ricevarieties into the farmers field. West Bengal is a homeland of thousands oftraditional varieties in recent past. Unfortunately most of the traditional varietiesare vanished from the agricultural field and this place was occupied by thehigh yielding varieties. Aromatic varieties of rice are considered as best inquality of rice, are also decreasing vary fast. Farmers are not giving intereston cultivation of aromatic varieties only for their lower yield in comparisonto the elite varieties. Present investigation shows the present status ofaromatic varieties of West Bengal and their yield performance. It was observedthat some aromatic varieties like Danarguri, Badhasbhg, Gobindabhog werecapable to give high yield as elite varieties and these varieties have highmarket value and demand.

Keywords– Aromaticvariety, lateritic region, West Bengal, elite variety, yield potentiality.