Rice-fish culture is an important practice to flooded rice producers due to lower use of chemicals and number of tillage operations, although it can enhance lodging. The present study aimed to evaluate management strategies to decrease lodging in pre-germinated rice system in area with four years with rice-fish culture. An experiment was carried out in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, using two cultivars ('IRGA 417' and 'IRGA 419'), three seeding rates (0, 150 and 230kg ha-1) and three nitrogen (N) side-dress rates (0, 80 and 160kg ha-1). Lodging did not vary with cultivars neither N rates applied. Grain yield varied with the increase of plant density only for 'IRGA 417'. Grain protein content of 'IRGA 417' is higher than 'IRGA 419' regardless seeding or N rates applied.
Oryza sativa; lodging; rice-fish culture; pre-germinated system
