Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Rice Volume 2

Buddheswar Maji

ISBN 10: 1786760282 / ISBN 13: 9781786760289

Published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, GB, 2017

About this Item

Rice is one of the most important foods in the world. As the demand for rice continues to increase, there is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable.Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of rice at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 2 reviews research in improving cultivation in such areas as irrigation and nutrition as well as developments in disease and pest management.Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2: Cultivation, pest and disease management will be a standard reference for rice scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in rice cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 1 which reviews research in breeding, nutritional and other aspects of rice quality.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Rice Volume 2
• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, GB
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786760282
• ISBN 13: 9781786760289
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 775 grams

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Synopsis

Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of rice at each step in the value chain, from breeding to post-harvest storage. Volume 2 reviews research in improving cultivation in such areas as irrigation and nutrition as well as developments in disease and pest management.

Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2: Cultivation, pest and disease management will be a standard reference for rice scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in rice cultivation. It is accompanied by Volume 1 which reviews research in breeding, nutritional and other aspects of rice quality.

About the Authors

Dr Takuji Sasaki is Professor at the Nodai Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan. Professor Sasaki is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Rice, and played a leading role in the international rice genome sequencing project.

Dr Thais Freitas is a researcher at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Dr Buyung A. R. Hadi is an Entomologist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), The Philippines.

Professor Michael J. Stout is L. D. Newsom Professor of Integrated Pest Management at Louisiana State University, USA.

Dr Francis E. Nwilene is Regional Representative for The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), based in Nigeria.