Farmers reported 68 'farmer named' rice varieties in Begnas Kaski. Among many landraces
Jethobudho was reported grown by many farmers in larger area. Jeihobudho deserve special
importance in Kaski valley for its high grain quality, post harvest traits and good market
price. However the landrace lodges causing lower yield and is attacked by blast (Pyricularia
grisea). Therefore the current study was done to asses the existing diversity for agronomic
traits in Jethobudho directly collected from farmers' field in seven phant in Kaski valley in
1999. In 2001, one hundred and eighty three accessions were selected from 338 based on
tolerance to leaf and neck blast, tolerance to lodging, plant height (150 em) and longer
panicle length In 2001, based on seed availability, 143 accessions were evaluated for
milling and organoleptic traits and further screened for agronomic traits. In 2002, 46
selected accessions were evaluated in replicated trials in two locations for blast tolerance,
grain yield and post harvest quality traits. Further screening of Jethobudho landraces
resulted identification of 6 highest yielding, tolerances to leaf and neck blast, tolerance to
lodging and superior post harvest quality traits in 2003 which was compared with a bulk of
30 best accessions of Jethobudho. The result indicated that these 6 six landraces had similar
phenotypic agro-morphological and post harvest quality traits and could be scaled up
through farmers seed production as an improved Jethobudho. Participatory variety selection
of improved Jethobudho indicated that farmers preferred these accessions for their higher
tolerance to neck blast and lodging. The study

Farmers reported 68 'farmer named' rice varieties in Begnas Kaski. Among many landraces
Jethobudho was reported grown by many farmers in larger area. Jeihobudho deserve special
importance in Kaski valley for its high grain quality, post harvest traits and good market
price. However the landrace lodges causing lower yield and is attacked by blast (Pyricularia
grisea). Therefore the current study was done to asses the existing diversity for agronomic
traits in Jethobudho directly collected from farmers' field in seven phant in Kaski valley in
1999. In 2001, one hundred and eighty three accessions were selected from 338 based on
tolerance to leaf and neck blast, tolerance to lodging, plant height (150 em) and longer
panicle length In 2001, based on seed availability, 143 accessions were evaluated for
milling and organoleptic traits and further screened for agronomic traits. In 2002, 46
selected accessions were evaluated in replicated trials in two locations for blast tolerance,
grain yield and post harvest quality traits. Further screening of Jethobudho landraces
resulted identification of 6 highest yielding, tolerances to leaf and neck blast, tolerance to
lodging and superior post harvest quality traits in 2003 which was compared with a bulk of
30 best accessions of Jethobudho. The result indicated that these 6 six landraces had similar
phenotypic agro-morphological and post harvest quality traits and could be scaled up
through farmers seed production as an improved Jethobudho. Participatory variety selection
of improved Jethobudho indicated that farmers preferred these accessions for their higher
tolerance to neck blast and lodging. The study