Rice Production Worldwide

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chauhan, Bhagirath S. (Editor), Jabran, Khawar (Editor), Mahajan, Gulshan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant pathology.; Plant physiology.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

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...

Table of 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 apple snails in rice
• Harvesting, threshing, processing, and products of rice
• Rice physiology
• Role of biotechnology in rice production.