Seed Rice
BU Growers, Ltd. grows and processes its own seed. All
fields are planted to roguing lanes with each field rogued four to six times. All seed fields are state
certified and inspected. All of our seed is grown processed, and treated to
turn out the highest quality product possible.
Cocodrie
Cocodrie, like one of its parents, Cypress,
is a taller semidwarf that has excellent seedling
vigor. It is similar to Gulfmont in maturity and is earlier than Cypress.
It also has better blast resistance than Cypress
or Gulfmont being more similar to Jefferson. Milling
yield and sheath blight resistance of Cocodrie are similar to Gulfmont.
Cheniere
Cheniere is a high yielding, early maturing, long
grain rice variety developed at the LSU Ag Center Rice Research Station. It has
a semidwarf plant type and is resistant to lodging.
It is similar in height to Cocodrie and Cypress.
It averaged 36 inches in height in yield tests in Louisiana
compared with 36 and 37 inches for Cocodrie and Cypress,
respectively. Maturity is similar to Cypress
and five days later than Cocodrie. Days from emergence to 50% heading have
averaged 87, 87, and 82 for Cheniere, Cypress,
and Cocodrie, respectively. It is moderately susceptible to blast and sheath
blight and resistant to straighthead. It has good
yield potential and good milling quality and grain appearance.
Jefferson
Jefferson is a semidwarf
variety that has superior lodging resistance and matures 1 to 2 weeks earlier
than Gulfmont or Cypress. Its main
crop yield is similar to the later season varieties Gulfmont and Cypress
but its ratoon crop yield has been higher. Milling
quality of Jefferson has been similar to Gulfmont but
under very high temperatures during grainfill, its
relatively large grain may have some chalk. Due to the larger seed size of Jefferson,
it is recommended that seeding rates be increased to achieve adequate plant
population stands. Jefferson has improved resistance to
blast and sheath blight as compared to Lemont, Gulfmont, and Cypress.
Francis
Francis is a very high yielding long grain variety released by The
University of Arkansas in 2002. This variety is approximately 40 inches tall
and has about the same maturity as Cocodrie. The University
of Arkansas rates the following
factors: Sheath Blight –
MS; Blast – S; Stem Rot – S; Kernel Smut – VS; False Smut
– S; Brown Spot – R; Straight Head – MS; and Lodging – MS.
Milling yield is comparable to Cocodrie with field yields on an average in
excess of 53 barrels. Some yields in Arkansas
have exceeded 63 barrels.
Cypress
Cypress was developed from a
cross of L-202/Lemont and has superior seedling vigor as compared to most other
semidwarf varieties. It has superior milling yield
which remains stable even under low harvest moisture conditions. Cypress
is somewhat taller and later than Lemont. It is moderately resistant to blast
but very susceptible to sheath blight.
Saber
Saber is a conventional long grain cultivar released from the Texas
program in 2001. It was developed from the cross Gulfmont/RU8703196/Teqing. It
is a semi-dwarf cultivar similar in height to Cypress
and similar to Gulfmont in maturity. Main crop yields of Saber are similar to
Gulfmont, but ratoon crop yields have been superior.
Milling quality has been the same as Cypress.
Saber possesses improved resistance to blast that is comparable to Jefferson
and improved resistance to sheath blight that is better than most commercial
cultivars.
Clearfield 161
CL161 is an early semi-dwarf long grain variety that provides good yield
potential and high tolerance to Newpath herbicide. It
closely resembles Cypress in
appearance, performance, and maturity. It has excellent seedling vigor and good
standability. However, this variety can be
susceptible to lodging if excessively fertilized. There is a limited amount of
data available for CL161, but preliminary evaluations indicate susceptibility
to sheath blight and blast, with moderate susceptibility to straight-head.
Additional preliminary data suggests that milling yields and the potential for
a second crop are very good.
Dixiebelle
Dixiebelle is a semidwarf long grain variety that
has main and ratoon crop yields similar to or better
than Gulfmont. It can be used as a conventional long
grain rice but it also has a superior processing quality that is preferred by
the parboil-canning industry. Dixiebelle has a maturity similar to Gulfmont and
milling yield that is intermediate to Gulfmont and Cypress.
It is somewhat more susceptible to blast and more resistant to sheath blight
than Gulfmont or Cypress.
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B U Growers, Ltd.
P.O. Box 453
Bay City, Texas 77404-0453
Telephone - 979-245-2043
Fax - 979-245-9368
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