The characterization growth and development of red rice biotypes may help controll strategies, the enhancement of competitiveness of cultivated rice with this weed and breeding programs. The objective of this is study was to quantity some growth and development parameters of two red rice biotypes as compared to irrigated genotypes. A field experiment was carried out at Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, during the 2004/2005 growing season with five sowing dates. The experimental design was a completely randomized with four replication in a two factorial arrangement (genotypes and sowing dates). The experimental unity was a 12 L pot with 10 plants. The genotypes used were: IRGA 421, IRGA 416, IRGA 417, IRGA 420, BR-IRGA 409, BRS 7 TAIM, EPAGRI 109, EEA 406, a hybrid, and two red rice biotypes (awned yellowhull-AVCAA, and awned blackhull-AVCPA). The date of major developmental stages in the COUNCE scale, leaf area, panicle length, plant height, phyllochron, main culm final leaf number, and tillering were measured in five plants per pot. Red rice biotypes usually had an intermediate developmental cycle compared to cultivated rice genotypes, with AVCAA having a longer cycle than AVCPA. Red rice biotypes had greater leaf area, greater height, greater panicle length and greater phyllochron, than modern rice genotypes. Tillering of red rice varied according to the sowing date.
morphological characteristics; phyllochron; phenology; weed
