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Rice Taikeng 17: Disadvantages, Weaknesses, and Variety Characteristics
Rice is one of our staple foods, and the cultivation of rice and the breeding of new varieties are very important. Do you know the rice variety Taikeng 17? Variety Characteristics I. General Agronomic Traits Taikeng 17 is a medium-late maturing variety. Its growth duration (from transplanting to maturity) is 127 days for the first crop and 112 days for the second crop, similar to the currently most widely cultivated Tainung 67; the tip of the glume is light yellow, the grain color is light yellow, awnless, and the grain shape is medium; the plant height is medium, averaging 104.2 cm for the first crop and 102.4 cm for the second crop; the average number of panicles per hill is 16.9 for the first crop and 14.0 for the second crop; the average number of grains per panicle is 91.6 for the first crop and 100.0 for the second crop; the 1000-grain weight is 23.7 g for the first crop and 24.3 g for the second crop; all of the above traits are also similar to those of Tainung 67. The fertility rate is 78.2% for the first crop and 77.2% for the second crop.
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