also: りくとう
upland rice; dry-field rice
Refers to rice grown in non-flooded fields, as opposed to paddy rice (水稲). The term covers both the plant and the crop.
Upland rice is cultivated in dry fields, not in paddies.
この地域では陸稲の品種改良が進んでいる。
In this region, breeding of upland rice varieties is advancing.
水稲 is rice grown in flooded paddies, while 陸稲 is rice grown in dry, unflooded fields.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading おかぼ is the most common.
Alternate reading, less common but still used, especially in technical contexts.
Compound of 陸 (land) and 稲 (rice plant). The reading おかぼ is a kun'yomi compound, while りくとう is on'yomi.