Received: September 3rd, 2022 ; Accepted: October 17th, 2022 ; Published: October 28th, 2022 ; Correspondence: [email protected], [email protected] of modern high yielding rice varieties are ecologically limited in a tidal
flood (TF) prone area of Bangladesh. Therefore, rice growers are cultivating local rice cultivars
that resist tidal water pressure and survive under waterlogged condition in a tidal ecosystem. A
farmers’ participatory field experiment was conducted at Wazirpur, Bakergonj and Babugonj
upazila of Barisal and Nalchity upazila under Jhalokati districts of Bangladesh to identify location
specifies some aman rice cultivars that resist TF and give higher grain yield. There were fiftysixty local rice cultivars along with five modern rice varieties were included in this trial. The
experimental sites were extensively TF prone and 10 to 80 cm of flood water entered into the
crop field during active tillering to flowering stage of rice. Data on plant height, yield and yield
components were recorded. The results revealed that local rice cultivars performed better than
modern one in the experimental sites. Taller plant, production of more panicles per unit area,
higher number of grains panicle-1 and heavier grains were the most important traits associated
with plant adaptation of aman rice cultivars in tidal areas. Collectively, this study suggested that
Dudmona1 and Khoiyamota1 at Wazirpur (2.98 to 3.10 t ha-1
); Dishari1 and Sadamota2 at
Bakergonj (2.92 to 2.98 t ha-1
); Shorna at Babugonj (3.56 t ha-1
); Moulata2, Achin and Sadamota2
at Nalchity (2.96 to 2.98 t ha-1
) were most promising rice cultivar in terms of adaptation and grain
yield
