Do system of rice intensification practices produce rice plants phenotypically and physiologically superior to conventional practice?

AK Thakur, KG Mandal, OP Verma, RK Mohanty - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI), an agro-ecological approach to rice cultivation
developed in Madagascar, has generated considerable interest worldwide. Having not been …

Stubborn facts: Still no evidence that the System of Rice Intensification out-yields best management practices (BMPs) beyond Madagascar

AJ McDonald, PR Hobbs, SJ Riha - Field Crops Research, 2008 - Elsevier
For more than a decade, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has been vigorously
promoted as a method for substantially improving the yield performance of conventional rice …

[HTML][HTML] The system of rice intensification: time for an empirical turn

D Glover - NJAS-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is claimed to be a new, more productive and more
sustainable method for cultivating rice. These claims have proved controversial. One …

An assessment of physiological effects of system of rice intensification (SRI) practices compared with recommended rice cultivation practices in India

AK Thakur, N Uphoff, E Antony - Experimental Agriculture, 2010 - cambridge.org
An evaluation was conducted in eastern India over three years, 2005–2007, to compare the
performance of certain System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices: transplanting single …

Scientific underpinnings of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI): What is known so far?

AK Thakur, NT Uphoff, WA Stoop - Advances in agronomy, 2016 - Elsevier
During the last 10 plus years, the system of rice intensification (SRI), a methodology for rice
cultivation with many reported benefits, has been promoted in a number of countries …

Alternative configurations of agronomic experimentation

H Maat, D Glover - Contested agronomy, 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
The emergence and spread of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) have stimulated
heated controversy among rice scientists and development workers. SRI is a method of rice …

[PDF][PDF] The System of Rice Intensification (SRI): Results from exploratory field research in Ivory Coast–Research needs and prospects for adaptation to diverse …

WA Stoop - Available on-line at, 2005 - doc-developpement-durable.org
The system of rice intensification (SRI) has evolved in Madagascar during the 1980s and
1990s as an empirical practice and has been credited with spectacular grain yields …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the phenotypic expression of rice genotypes: Rethinking “intensification” for production systems and selection practices for rice breeding

N Uphoff, V Fasoula, A Iswandi, A Kassam, AK Thakur - The Crop Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Intensification in rice crop production is generally understood as requiring increased use of
material inputs: water, inorganic fertilizers, and agrochemicals. However, this is not the only …

Does the system of rice intensification outperform conventional best management?: A synopsis of the empirical record

AJ McDonald, PR Hobbs, SJ Riha - Field Crops Research, 2006 - Elsevier
Irrespective of its influence on agricultural productivity, the System of Rice Intensification
(SRI) has certainly increased discussion over optimal rice cultivation practices, with many …

Science, practice and the System of Rice Intensification in Indian agriculture

D Glover - Food Policy, 2011 - Elsevier
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is claimed to be a novel approach to rice cultivation
that is both more productive and more sustainable than conventional methods. Such claims …