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What is rouging and why it is necessary?
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Roguing is the removal of undesirable rice plants from hybrid seed production plots.
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Undesirable rice plants are plants in either the A line or R line rows that differ from plants that are true to type. They may be volunteer plants from an earlier crop or off-types.
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Roguing prevents off-types from cross pollinating with true-to-type A line plants and lowering the purity of the hybrid seed.
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Roguing ensures that the hybrid seed produced will be a cross between only the A line and R line parents. That in turn ensures that the commercial plantings of the hybrid seed produced will give high yields.
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High purity hybrid seed will increase your reputation as a seed grower.
