Overview
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Bhagirath S. Chauhan
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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
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Khawar Jabran
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
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Gulshan Mahajan
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
- Enriches the understanding of the importance of rice in global food security
- Covers the characteristics of rice cultivars grown all around the world as well as their processes and products
- Addresses production constraints in different areas of the world
- Provides management strategies for rice weeds, diseases, and pests
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-viii
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- Rajendra Prasad, Yashbir Singh Shivay, Dinesh Kumar
Pages 1-32
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- Lixiao Nie, Shaobing Peng
Pages 33-52
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- Gulshan Mahajan, Vivek Kumar, Bhagirath S. Chauhan
Pages 53-91
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- Hansjoerg Kraehmer, Cyrille Thomas, Francesco Vidotto
Pages 93-116
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- Negussie Zenna, Kalimuthu Senthilkumar, Moussa Sie
Pages 117-135
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- Vijay Singh, Shane Zhou, Zahoor Ganie, Bernal Valverde, Luis Avila, Enio Marchesan et al.
Pages 137-168
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- Ali Ahsan Bajwa, Bhagirath Singh Chauhan
Pages 169-184
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- A. N. Rao, S. P. Wani, M. S. Ramesha, J. K. Ladha
Pages 185-205
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- Tahir Hussain Awan, Mostafa Ahmadizadeh, Khawar Jabran, Saima Hashim, Bhagirath Singh Chauhan
Pages 207-216
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- Avishek Datta, Hayat Ullah, Zannatul Ferdous
Pages 255-277
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- G. S. Laha, Ram Singh, D. Ladhalakshmi, S. Sunder, M. Srinivas Prasad, C. S. Dagar et al.
Pages 303-360
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- Vivek Kumar, Gulshan Mahajan, Bhagirath S. Chauhan
Pages 361-392
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- Muhammad Riaz, Tariq Ismail, Saeed Akhtar
Pages 419-453
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- Ahmad Nawaz, Muhammad Farooq
Pages 455-485
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- Akshaya K. Biswal, Md. Shamim, Kevin Cruzado, Gericho Soriano, Abhijit Ghatak, MitchellRey Toleco et al.
Pages 487-547
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Back Matter
Pages 549-563
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia
Bhagirath S. Chauhan
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
Khawar Jabran
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Gulshan Mahajan
About the editors
Bhagirath Chauhan, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Toowoomba, Australia
Khawar Jabran, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
Gulshan Mahajan, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiāna, India
