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Table 2 Description of shallow rainfed lowland experimental sites

From: Drought yield index to select high yielding rice lines under different drought stress severities

Trial

Site description

Location

Target environment

Year of experimentation

Planned* level of stress

Assigned† level of stress

Trial mean yield (t/ha)

FZS05

Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology (NDUAT), Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh

26°47′N, 82°12′E

Rainfed shallow lowland

2005

Severe

Control

5.56

FZM06

2006

Moderate

Moderate

3.38

FZS06

2006

Severe

Severe

1.30

FZC07

2007

Control

Control

4.09

FZM07

2007

Moderate

Moderate

3.22

FZS07

2007

Severe

Severe

2.17

HZC05

Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station (CRURRS), Hazaribag, Jharkhand

23°59′N, 82°25′E

Rainfed shallow lowland

2005

Control

Control

5.01

HZM05

2005

Moderate

Moderate

2.00

HZS05

2005

Severe

Control

3.92

HZM06

2006

Moderate

Severe

1.53

HZS06

2006

Severe

Moderate

1.04

HZC07

2007

Control

Control

4.58

HZM07

2007

Moderate

Moderate

3.26

HZS07

2007

Severe

Moderate

3.38

RPC05

Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur, Chhattisgarh

21°14′N, 81°38′E

Rainfed shallow lowland

2005

Control

Control

3.83

RPM05

2005

Moderate

Severe

0.77

RPS05

2005

Severe

Moderate

2.85

RPC06

2006

Control

Control

4.75

RPM06

2006

Moderate

Moderate

2.63

RPS06

2006

Severe

Severe

1.34

RPM07

2007

Moderate

Moderate

3.25

RPS07

2007

Severe

Severe

1.87

  1. * indicates the targeted level of stress in the field.
  2. † indicates the achieved level of stress in the field.