SG RICE 1 (NR 1601)

Crop Name: Rice

National Code: NGOS-26-87

Variety Name: SG RICE 1

Original Name: NR 1601

Outstanding Characteristics: High yielding, high milling outturn (70.42%) (9.1t/ha)

Agroecological Zones: Guinea and Sudan Savannah ecologies

Origin/Source: China

Developing Institute: YUAN’S SEED COMPANY LIMITED 23rd Floor Dongan Chengbang Building, No.1398, Yuanda Road One, Changsha, Hunan, China; Sun Giant Ltd Off km 11, Hadejia Road Gunduwawa, Kano kano State. & National Cereals Research Institute Badeggi, P.M, B. 8 Bida Niger

Breeder(s)/Collaborators: Liu Fei, Liu Guoxiang, Mohammed Umar Majia, Tang Zhangyu, Yi Baoshu, Pan Jie, Muhammad M. L.,Bashir M., Isong, A. E. Uyokei U and Shaibu A.A., Mohammed, I. G., Gbadeyan S. T., Dogo, A.S., Danbaba, N.

Potential Yield (t/ha): 9.1

Year of Release: 2026

Year of Registration: 2026