Screen LibraryRice Production Worldwide /
This book addresses aspects of rice production in rice-growing areas of the world including origin, history, role in global food security, cropping systems, management practices, production systems, cultivars, as well as fertilizer and pest management. As one of the three most important grain crops...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47516-5 |
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This book addresses aspects of rice production in rice-growing areas of the world including origin, history, role in global food security, cropping systems, management practices, production systems, cultivars, as well as fertilizer and pest management. As one of the three most important grain crops that helps to fulfill food needs all across the globe, rice plays a key role in the current and future food security of the world. Currently, no book covers all aspects of rice production in the rice-growing areas of world. This book fills that gap by highlighting the diverse production and manage |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (VIII, 563 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319475165 |
| Index Number: | SB123 |
| CLC: | S33 |
| Contents: | Current status, challenges, and opportunities in rice production -- Rice production in China -- Rice production in India -- European rice -- Rice production in Africa -- Rice production in the Americas -- Rice production in Australia -- Rice production systems -- Domestication and development of rice cultivars -- Fertilizer management in rice -- Water management in rice -- Insect herbivores of rice: their natural regulation and ecologically-based management -- Importance and management of rice diseases: a global perspective -- Rice weeds and their management -- Ecology and management of appl |