In these trials, the highest tiller and root production was
achieved from using younger seedlings (12 days) raised in
a dry seedbed, whether transplanted into flooded or nonflooded
soil, due to better root growth
This
adaptive trait could be exploited to manage rice crops with
reduced water applications without compromising grain
yield. However, because these factors are all highly interactive,
this relationship should be assessed further with
different soil and varietal characteristics and under different
climatic condition to get better predictive power.