Dear Rajneesh... The concept of aerobic rice totally differed from transplanted condition. This concept was born with the aim to save water and environment. Therefore comparision is not done properly. However, aerobic rice is better with water saving mean than transplanted rice

Dear Rajneesh... The concept of aerobic rice totally differed from transplanted condition. This concept was born with the aim to save water and environment. Therefore comparision is not done properly. However, aerobic rice is better with water saving mean than transplanted rice

The aerobic rice will grow , and probably better than its onopaddy environment. The experiment is the proof,try it.

Dear Rajneesh, the term you can use is DSR rather telling aerobic rice. DSR under puddled conditions. But once the land is being puddled then there would be complete cessation of aeration which is totally opposite of that of concept of aerobic rice. Aerobic rice is a water saving technology under water scarce environment and you might have studied in your undergrad that for puddling of rice itself more that 200 to 300 mm of water is required. You can think of taking direct sown rice under puddled conditions.

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Scientist(s) who termed the aerobic rice for water saving or for cultivating under less soil moisture condition to differentiate from upland rice. For basic study, transplanting an aerobic rice in puddled condition will be reasonable however actually it was developed/improved not for anaerobic condition. Once an assuming is that almost all rice cultigens (Oryza sativa L.) have been evolved/developed originally from a wild rice, Oryza rufipogon (annual/perennial type). This wild rice is water loving nature plant. So, an aerobic rice may carry water love gene(s) which also possesses a little bit drought escape plant architecture on the other hand can perform better in puddled condition than under aerobic/less water stress condition.

To my knowledge, I think aerobic or anaerobic rice means the culture method, not the gene or physiologically modified. Some rice varieties are drought tolerant and grow well in upland/aerated condition because they have a particular modified gene. If we plant them in puddled i.e anaerobic condition they will grow well but the yield will not be changed drastically because the gene which is responsible for drought-tolerant will not be expressed.