Innovation Detail

Innovation Description

Mr. M. Lingamadaiah has developed a unique paddy variety- Mysore Mallige.
Crop: Paddy (Oryza sativa L.)
Salient features: It is an early maturing variety with a yield of about 36 quintals per acre. It is also tolerant to many insects and pests.
Genesis: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha had organized an International Seeds seminar in 1994, which was attended by many farmers. During this seminar many farmers from various countries had participated and there was free mutual exchange of seeds between the farmers. Lingamadaiah got 10 g seeds of a unique paddy variety from a Philippines farmer. The farmer had advised him to grow this seeds in organic manner. Hence he prepared a new field for this purpose. He sowed all the seeds in the field from which only twelve seeds germinated. He planted one seedling/hill and in fifteen days each seedling got about 6-8 tillers. He removed them again and replanted in more spots that grew up well and started giving panicles. The uniformly grown panicles were selected and replanted the next year. Next year he got 30 kg of selected seeds. In the meantime, he converted one acre of his field into organic field and planted this variety in the field. He used farmyard manure, green manure and tank silt in the field. By using this method, there was no incidence of disease and pest in this crop. He developed the variety through systematic recurrent selection. Lingamadaiah and his variety `Mysore Malligae' are very well known in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh. He was honoured with Beeja Mitra award from GREEN foundation.