Wide-ranging both historically and geographically, The Rice Economies brilliantly addresses a subject of abiding interest to anthropologists, economists, and historians as well as those concerned with development issues and Asian studies. It is the first work to formulate a logi…
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L'auteur présente son expérience en matière d'agriculture respectueuse de l'environnement. Son mode de production n'utilise pas de fertilisants, d'herbicides chimiques ni de compost, mais il obtient des rendements élevés, une terre qui s'enrichit et il réduit ses coûts, ses équi…
Opening address: the challenge to feed the world's poor; Chair's introduction; A framework for sequencing the rice genome; Rice genomics: current status of genome sequencing; Public attitudes towards genetically modified crop plants; Rice - the pivotal genome in cereal comparati…
Rice is a unique and highly significant crop, thought to help feed nearly half the planet on a daily basis. An understanding of its properties and their significance is essential for the provision of high quality products. This is all the more true today as international trade i…
Know your target environment; Breeding to improve yield under adverse environments: direct selection for grain yield; Breeding to improve yield under adverse environments: indirect selection using drought-tolerance traits; Case studies of the application of approaches for breedi…
Information available for other cereals and the limited or circumstantial evidence available for rice indicate that we can now breed varieties that have improved yield under drought and produce high yields in the good seasons. This manual aims to help plant breeders develop such…
Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis: basic biology, use and prospects for the future; Basic studies: Formation and breakdown of Azolla polypeptides in paddy soils; Determining N2 fixation and N input in Azolla grown with and without combined nitrogen sources: keeping the acetylene reducti…
Practical application of azolla for rice production: proceedings of an international workshop, Mayague…
by University of Puerto Rico., Mayaguez Campus, Silver, W. S., Schröder, E. C., International Workshop on Practical Applications of Azolla for Rice Production, Mayagüez, P.R.)
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Practical application of azolla for rice production: proceedings of an international workshop, Mayague…
by University of Puerto Rico., Mayaguez Campus, Silver, W. S., Schröder, E. C., International Workshop on Practical Applications of Azolla for Rice Production, Mayagüez, P.R.)
fromDevelopments in plant and soil sciences
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Rice is the most important food crop of the developing world and the demand for it is growing. Provided here is a concise account of hybrid breeding in rice, a newly deployed breeding approach to increase the yield. Research on heterosis, male sterility systems, outcrossing mech…
