Principles and Practices of Rice Production

Assembles and summarizes available information from rice research in the world's major rice-growing areas to delineate the principles and practices of rice production for both developed and underdeveloped countries. Topics include: The importance of rice; environments; the chemistry of submerged rice soils; growth and development stages varietal development and seed production; systems of cultivation and management of land, water, soil fertility, and fertilizer; diseases, weed, and pests & their control; the technology of harvesting and post-harvesting; and the biological and socioeconomic barriers to his yields.