Direct Seeding Rice can save about 33 per cent of the water requirement making it a sustainable choice, particularly in water-scarce regions. This method helps to deal with depleting groundwater table, labour scarcity for transplanting of rice and emission of greenhouse gas under transplanted flooded conditions issues. File photo of labourers scattering seeds for rice cultivation in a field in Assam’s Nagaon (ANI Photo) New Delhi: Direct Seeding Rice (DSR) reduces water usage significantly compared to traditional flooding methods.
This process saves around 33 per cent of the total water requirement making it a sustainable choice, particularly in water-scarce regions. PUSA has developed two varieties of rice PUSA Basmati 1979 and Basmati 1985 tolerant to imazethapyr 10 per cent sl for DSR cultivation, as per the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). Highlighting the major concerns in rice cultivation in North Western India, Dr Ashok Kumar Singh, Director, IARI, New Delhi said, “DSR can address depleting ground water table, labour scarcity for transplanting of rice and emission of greenhouse gas, methane under transplanted flooded condition issues.
It reduces water usage significantly compared to the traditional flooding method due to no continuous flooding, targeted water application, lower percolation losses, and decreased evaporation.” DSR can save about 33 per cent of the water requirement making it a sustainable choice, particularly in water-scarce regions. .
