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    RD6

    กข6

    A fragrant glutinous rice obtained by gamma-ray mutation of Khao Dawk Mali 105 and released by the Thai Rice Department in 1977; it is widely grown in north-east Thailand.

    A pale polished rice grain, illustrated for RD6.
    RD6 — editorial grain study, polished, not to scale. Appearance alone does not establish variety or protected origin.

    A sticky child of Hom Mali

    The Rice Department applied gamma-ray mutation breeding to KDML105, and a glutinous mutant was released in 1977 as RD6, together with an earlier-maturing non-glutinous mutant, RD15. Like its parent it is photoperiod-sensitive and is grown once a year.

    In a 2021 trial in north-east Thailand its brown grains measured about 7.0 × 2.4 mm in the field and its grain amylose was about 2 %; milled dimensions here are estimated from the long-grain class.

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