CULTIVAR RELEASE – BRS Alvorada and BRSGO Guará – irrigated rice cultivars for the states of Goiás and Tocantins

BRS Alvorada and BRSGO Guará – irrigated rice cultivars for the states of Goiás and Tocantins

Paulo Hideo Nakano Rangel, Dino Magalhães Soares, Orlando Peixoto de Morais, Veridiano dos Anjos Cutrim, Jairton Almeida Diniz, Carlos Martins Santiago, and Jaime Roberto Fonseca

BRS Alvorada and BRSGO Guará were developed from backcrosses of the commercial Metica 1 and the blastresistant cultivars Huan-Sen-Go and 5287, respectively. The cultivars combine blast-resistance with high yield and characteristics superior to Metica 1.

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