Rice production worldwide / Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Khawar Jabran, Gulshan Mahajan, editors.
Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh, editor.; Jabran, Khawar, editor.; Mahajan, Gulshan, editor.
2017
SB191.R5
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Concurrent users Unlimited
Authorized users Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks

Details

Title Rice production worldwide / Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Khawar Jabran, Gulshan Mahajan, editors.
ISBN 9783319475165 (electronic book)
3319475169 (electronic book)
9783319475141
3319475142
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47516-5
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-47516-5 doi
Call Number SB191.R5
Dewey Decimal Classification 633.1/8
Summary 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 management practices as well as the various rice genotypes in the salient, rice-producing areas in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Australia. Further, this text highlights harvesting, threshing, processing, yields and rice products and future research needs. Supplemented with illustrations and tables, this text is essential for students taking courses in agronomy and production systems as well as for agricultural advisers, county agents, extension specialists, and professionals throughout the industry.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 28, 2017).
Added Author Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh, editor.
Jabran, Khawar, editor.
Mahajan, Gulshan, editor.
Available in Other Form Print version: 3319475142
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
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 apple snails in rice
Harvesting, threshing, processing, and products of rice
Rice physiology
Role of biotechnology in rice production.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export