Wednesday (17/3) PIAT UGM harvested the Pepe variety, which is included in the commodity of irrigated paddy fields. Harvesting is carried out on an area of 9000 m2 located in block 1 of the Berbah garden, with a production of approximately 6 tons. Pepe paddy has a planting age of 120-128 days, with a maximum plant height of 110 cm, and has a potential yield of 7-8 tons / hectare. Another advantage of pepe paddy is that it is resistant to brown planthopper, biotype 2, and is resistant to bacterial leaf blight strain III.
Pepe paddy is better known as Sri Putih because the rice has a white color. Apart from producing rice from the planting of white label seeds, to support the government’s target in developing superior seeds to achieve national food security, PIAT UGM also produces purple label pepe paddy seeds which are also sold through the PIAT Shop.
