SG RICE 2 (NIR 1603)

Crop Name: Rice

National Code: NGOS-26-88

Variety Name: SG RICE 2

Original Name: NIR 1603

Outstanding Characteristics: High yield, good tillering, earliness, salinity tolerance. (8.8 t/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., Kabir Ahmed and Alhassan, S.

Potential Yield (t/ha): 8.8

Year of Release: 2026

Year of Registration: 2026