Doongara Growing Guide

Doongara is a semi-dwarf long grain hard cooking (high amylose) variety that has a low glycaemic index (GI) and is resistant to lodging.

This document outlines yield potential, establishment vigour, sowing requirements, cold tolerance attributes, straighthead susceptibility, lodging potential and nitrogen management of Doongara.

Rice Research Agronomy Team, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Primefact 1587, fifth edition, August 2025