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Across the South, growers continue to rely on proven Provisia® varieties to control weedy rice and grasses while delivering cleaner fields and strong yields. New for 2026, PVL05 offers a potential yield advantage over PVL03, and PVL06 builds on PVL04 with even stronger performance — reinforcing Horizon Ag as the leader in Provisia® rice.

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PVL03

THE HIGHEST AND MOST STABLE-YIELDING PROVISIA® VARIETY YET

PVL03 offers advantages over earlier Provisia long-grain varieties, with outstanding yield potential, milling and grain appearance. It has both Pi-ta and Pi-ks genes for industry-leading blast resistance. PVL03 gives farmers unmatched ability to control and proactively manage against the development of resistant weedy rice, red rice, and grasses, by planting PVL03 and the Provisia Rice System in rotation with soybeans, Clearfield® rice and conventional rice varieties.

AT A GLANCE

  • Top planted variety in Louisiana for two straight seasons
  • Yield potential comparable to the most popular conventional and Clearfield® varieties
  • Excellent stalk strength
  • Blast resistance with Pi-ks and Pi-ta genes
  • Superior package-quality milled rice

CHARACTERISTICS

  • Plant Height¹: 40 inches
  • Grain Length: 7mm
  • 50% Heading: 81 days
  • Lodging: Moderately Resistant

AGRONOMICS

  • Seed/lb²: 17,389
  • Seeding rate³: 50-60 lb/A
  • Nitrogen rate⁴: 120-160 lb N/A
Disease RatingsVSSMSMRR
Sheath BlightO
Blast*O
Bacterial Panicle Blight*O
Narrow Brown Leaf Spot*O
Kernel SmutO
False SmutO
LodgingO
VS = Very SusceptibleS = SusceptibleMS = Moderately SusceptibleMR = Moderately ResistantR = Resistant
  • This variety has genetic markers for Pi-ta, which confers resistance to the following blast races: IA45, IB1, IB49, IB54, IB45, IH1, IG1, IC17, IE1.

*Reactions may differ due to variability of strains among pathogens.

  • 1 Height will vary with plant density and environmental conditions.
  • 2 Seed/lb is not an exact number; it is an average from multiple samples harvested over a wide geography.
  • 3 Seeding rate is a suggestion based on drill-seeding in ideal conditions and fungicide/insecticide treated seed. Planting non-treated seed is not recommended. Seeding rate should be increased by a minimum of 10 lbs/A when using non-treated seed, planting into a rough seedbed, water-seeding or when using on high pH soils or soils with salinity issues.
  • 4 Nitrogen rate is a suggested rate based on a two-way split nitrogen application with the first application being applied on dry soil.

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