FARO-45 (ITA-257)

Crop Name: Rice

National Code: NGOS-91-45

Variety Name: FARO-45

Original Name: ITA-257

Outstanding Characteristics: Difficult to thresh, does not lodge under optimum irrigation, very early maturing.

Agroecological Zones: Northern and Southern Guinea Savanna, Sudan Savanna

Origin/Source: IITA, Ibadan

Developing Institute: IITA, Ibadan

Breeder(s)/Collaborators: S. Sarkarung, O. Oladimeji

Potential Yield (t/ha):

Year of Release: 1990

Year of Registration: 1991