Evaluation of Adaptation and Yield Comparison of Native Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes to Mazandaran Climatic Conditions

In order to investigate the adaptation of native rice genotypes to Mazandaran climatic conditions, an experiment was conducted with 30 rice genotypes in a randomized complete block design with four replications in in two regions of Mazandaran province (Amol Rice Research Institute and Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources) during 2016-2017. The results of combined analysis of variance showed that there was a significant difference between the locations of experiment only in terms of panicle length and number of filled and unfilled grains per panicle, while there was a significant difference among genotypes and genotype × environment interaction for all studied traits. Results of correlation coefficients of the traits showed that panicle length, number of filled grains per panicle and number of fertile tillers per hill had a positive and significant correlation with grain yield. For the 30 genotypes studied, three clusters were found that the third cluster genotypes, including Gardeh and Zire Bandpey with higher grain yield in the two studied regions showed more adaptation to Mazandaran climatic conditions.