Detailed introduction to rice variety 9703a

The plant type is relatively compact, with vigorous growth, a medium panicle type, medium tillering ability, dark green leaves, good population uniformity, good late-stage maturity color, and relatively strong lodging resistance; inoculation identification showed moderate susceptibility to bacterial blight, moderate resistance to panicle blast, and susceptibility to sheath blight; for stripe disease, the highest hill incidence rate in field planting identification from 2004-2006 was 66.0% (the average hill incidence rate of the susceptible control over two years was 87.6%); according to quality testing by the Food Quality Inspection Center of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2004, the head rice rate was 73.5%, the chalky grain rate was 7.0%, the chalkiness degree was 0.4%, the gel consistency was 83.0 mm, the amylose content was 17.2%, and the physicochemical quality indicators of the rice reached the national standard first-class high-quality paddy standard.