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Rice / D.H. Grist.

By: Series: Tropical agriculture seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Longman, 1986.Edition: 6th edDescription: xx, 599 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0582404037 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 633.18 19 GRI
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Book Open Access Book Open Access Agriculture and Animal Sciences Library 633.18 GRI 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0028555

CONTENTS

PART 1: ORYZA SATIVA LINN: THE PLANT
The origin and history of rice
Climate
Soils
Irrigation and drainage
Characteristics of the plant
Varieties and their classification

PART 2: GENETICS AND BREEDING OF RICE
The genetics of rice
Improvement by selection and breeding

PART 3: PADDY: PRODUCTION
Methods of cultivation
Cultivation of dry land paddy
Deep-water paddy
Mechanized cultivation
Fertilizers and manures
Weeds
Fish production in paddy-fields
pests
Diseases

PART 4: RICE-THE PRODUCT
Storage of paddy and rice
Milling and parboiling
Rice products
Nutritional value of rice
The economics of rice production

Includes Bibliography and index

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