TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grist,D.H.
TI  - Rice
SN  - 0582404037 :
U1  - 633.18 19
PY  - 1986///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Longman
KW  - Rice
N1  - 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
ER  -