India, March 24 -- Ludhiana The Punjab Agricultural University's (PAU) new rice variety, PR 132, received a positive response from the farmers at the Kisan Mela, which concluded on Saturday. The entirety of 250 quintals of the new variety was purchased during the mela.The PR 132, which is a medium duration variety, was introduced this year. PR 132's sale during the Mela was secondary only to the rice variety, PR126, which sold 288 quintals, before going out of stock.

Buta Singh, a rice expert from the varsity said "The variety PR 132 has been introduced this year and has maximum yield out of all other varieties." He said that the average yield for PR 132 is 31.5 quintals per acre, and 30 quintals per acre for PR 126. The rice variety PR ...