India's 2nd largest rubber producer Tripura aims to boost production with RRII429,its own clone variety

摘要

In a bid to boost production of’white gold’in the nation's second-largest rubber producing state,a’rubber clone’or engineered variety of rubber,specifically suited for agro-climatic conditions of Tripura is set to be introduced soon.Tripura was one of the first few states to have commercially adopted rubber cultivation in NE India way back in the 1960s,albeit organized cultivation shaped up only in the eighties.But over 4 decades on,Tripura's rubber production hasn't seen much change.The state still produces less than 1,200 Kg per hectare plantation area against the national average of 1,500.So,in a bid to boost production of’white gold’in the nation's second-largest rubber producing state,a’rubber clone’or engineered variety of rubber,specifically suited for agro-climatic conditions of Tripura is set to be introduced soon.