[en] Rice lodging is still a problem in many countries, as all rice-growing countries have some varieties that get lodged. Direct evaluation of lodging resistance requires visual estimates in plots, but is not feasible in early generations of breeding programs, where genetic variability is too high. The aim of this study was to compare two methods for indirect evaluation of lodging resistance, especially in field conditions: the recovery ability after bending (measured as the tiller angle difference before and after bending); and, to test the sturdiness of the lower part of the plant, we have measured its resistance to pulling. Sixteen rice varieties and two F5 breeding lines were grown in plots and rows; 20 additional F5 breeding lines were only tested in rows. Visual estimates of plot lodging were significantly correlated with their tiller angle difference (r = 0.56*), but not with plant height or pulling resistance, although the latter was also correlated with visual lodging when only susceptible accessions were considered (r = –0.72*). Tiller angle difference was not significantly correlated with pulling strength, but it correlates with plant height (r = 0.56*). The scoring of tiller angle difference is simpler and less dependent on the evaluator than pulling resistance. It is concluded that it can be a valuable trait to select for resistance to lodging in early segregating generations of a pedigree breeding program

[es] El encamado del arroz sigue siendo un problema en muchos pa&iacute;ses, ya que todos los pa&iacute;ses cultivadores tienen algunas variedades que se encaman. La evaluaci&oacute;n directa de la resistencia al encamado requiere estimas visuales en parcelas, pero no es posible en las primeras generaciones de un programa de mejora, cuya variabilidad gen&eacute;tica es demasiado grande. El objetivo de este estudio fue comparar dos m&eacute;todos de evaluaci&oacute;n indirecta de resistencia al encamado en campo: la capacidad de recuperaci&oacute;n tras doblado (medida como la diferencia angular de un tallo antes y despu&eacute;s del doblado); y para probar la fortaleza de la parte inferior de la planta, se midi&oacute; su resistencia a la tracci&oacute;n. Se cultivaron 16 variedades y dos l&iacute;neas de mejora (F5) en parcelas y l&iacute;neas; 20 l&iacute;neas de mejora adicionales (F5) fueron s&oacute;lo ensayadas en filas. Las estimas visuales de encamado en parcelas estuvieron significativamente correlacionadas con la diferencia del &aacute;ngulo de sus tallos (r = 0,56*), pero no con la altura de planta ni con la resistencia a la tracci&oacute;n, aunque esta &uacute;ltima tambi&eacute;n mostr&oacute; correlaci&oacute;n con el encamado visual cuando s&oacute;lo se consideraron las entradas susceptibles (r = &ndash;0,72*). La diferencia del &aacute;ngulo del tallo no estuvo significativamente correlacionada con la resistencia a la tracci&oacute;n, pero s&iacute; con la altura de planta (r = 0,56*). La medida de la diferencia angular de un tallo es m&aacute;s f&aacute;cil y depende menos del evaluador que la resistencia a la tracci&oacute;n. Se concluye que puede ser un car&aacute;cter &uacute;til para seleccionar la resistencia al encamado en las generaciones tempranas de un programa de mejora geneal&oacute;gica