Download or read book Rice in the Tropics written by Robert Flint Chandler and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1979 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of rive as a world crops, and its principal characteristics. The modern rice plant and the new technology: Greater potentials for rice production in the tropics. Problems of postharvest technology. Rice marketing. Some successful rice production programs. Promising rice research. Elements of a successful accelerated rice production program. A national rice program: putting the ingredients together.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science written by Shouichi Yoshida and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1981 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growth and development of the rice plant. Climatic environments and its influence. Mineral nutrition of rice. Nutritional disorders. Photosynthesis and respiration. Rice plant characters in relation to yielding ability. Physiological analysis of rice yield.
Download or read book A Farmer s Primer on Growing Upland Rice written by M. A. Arraudeau and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1988 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upland rice plant types; Life cycle of the rice plant; Seeds; Factors that affect seedling growth; What is a good seedling; How to grow good seedlings; Leaves; Roots; Tillers; Panicles; Dormancy; Fertilizers; How much nitrogen to apply; How to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer; Other fertilizers and organic matter; Carbohydrate production; Water; Yield components; Plant type with good yield potential; Factors that affect lodging; Land conservation and crop management; Weeds; Control of weeds; Herbicides; Major diseases; Major soil-borne insect pests; Major insect ests during vegetative phase; Major insect pests during reproductive phase; Other pests; Soil problems; Hot to judgea rice crop at flowering; Harvest and postharvest; Cropping systems.
Download or read book Lost Crops of Africa written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-02-14 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. When experts were asked to nominate African food plants for inclusion in a new book, a list of 30 species grew quickly to hundreds. All in all, Africa has more than 2,000 native grains and fruitsâ€""lost" species due for rediscovery and exploitation. This volume focuses on native cereals, including: African rice, reserved until recently as a luxury food for religious rituals. Finger millet, neglected internationally although it is a staple for millions. Fonio (acha), probably the oldest African cereal and sometimes called "hungry rice." Pearl millet, a widely used grain that still holds great untapped potential. Sorghum, with prospects for making the twenty-first century the "century of sorghum." Tef, in many ways ideal but only now enjoying budding commercial production. Other cultivated and wild grains. This readable and engaging book dispels myths, often based on Western bias, about the nutritional value, flavor, and yield of these African grains. Designed as a tool for economic development, the volume is organized with increasing levels of detail to meet the needs of both lay and professional readers. The authors present the available information on where and how each grain is grown, harvested, and processed, and they list its benefits and limitations as a food source. The authors describe "next steps" for increasing the use of each grain, outline research needs, and address issues in building commercial production. Sidebars cover such interesting points as the potential use of gene mapping and other "high-tech" agricultural techniques on these grains. This fact-filled volume will be of great interest to agricultural experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and individuals concerned about restoring food production, environmental health, and economic opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa. Selection, Newbridge Garden Book Club
Download or read book Inanimate Life written by George M. Briggs and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Principles and Practices of Rice Production written by Surajit K. De Datta and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1981 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Problems of Tropical Rice written by and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1983 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whorl maggot; Trips; Stem borers; Gall midge; Brown planthopper; Whitebacked planthopper; Smaller browns planthopper, Rice delphacid; Green leafhopper; Zigzag leafhopper; Leaffolder; Caseworm; Rice bug; Armyworm; Cutworm; Greenhorned caterpillar; Green semilooper; Rice skipper; Crickets; Short-horned grassnopper; Ants; Mealybugs; Hispa; Leptispa; Mole cricket; Black bugs; Rats; Birds; Bacterial leaf blight; Leaf streak; Foot rot; Stripe; Blast; Sheath blight; False smut; Brown spot; Narrow brown leaf spot; Stem rot; Sheath rot; Index; Leaf scald; Bakanae and foot rot diseases; Gall dwarf; Grassy stunt; Hoja blanca; Orange leaf; Ragged stunt; Transitory yellowing; Tungro; Yellow dwarf; Yellow mottle; Stem nematode; Root-knot nematode; Cyperus difformis; Cyperus iria; Cyperus rotundus; Digitaria ciliaris; D. setigera; Echinochloa colona; Echinochloa crus-galli; E. glabrescens; Eleusine indica; Fimbristylis miliacea; Ipomoea aquatica; Ischaemum rugosum; Leptochloa chinensis; Monochoria vaginalis; Oryza sativa; Sphenoclea zeylanica; Nitrogen deficiency; Phosphorus deficiency; Potassium deficiency; Sulfur deficiency; Silicon deficiency; Zinc deficiency; Salinity; Alkalinity; Iron toxicity; Peat (organic0; Boron toxicity; Aluminum toxicity; Manganese toxicity.
Download or read book Rice in the Tropics written by ROBERT F. CHANDLER JR and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1979. This book the first IADS sponsored volume on a commodity written especially for authorities, nonagricultural as well as agricultural, in developing countries and for the assistance agencies which cooperate with them. There are scores of commodities and problem areas for which comprehensive presentations of available information
Download or read book Climate Smart Food written by Dave Reay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book asks just how climate-smart our food really is. It follows an average day's worth of food and drink to see where it comes from, how far it travels, and the carbon price we all pay for it. From our breakfast tea and toast, through breaktime chocolate bar, to take-away supper, Dave Reay explores the weather extremes the worlds farmers are already dealing with, and what new threats climate change will bring. Readers will encounter heat waves and hurricanes, wildfires and deadly toxins, as well as some truly climate-smart solutions. In every case there are responses that could cut emissions while boosting resilience and livelihoods. Ultimately we are all in this together, our decisions on what food we buy and how we consume it send life-changing ripples right through the global web that is our food supply. As we face a future of 10 billion mouths to feed in a rapidly changing climate, its time to get to know our farmers and herders, our vintners and fisherfolk, a whole lot better. Dave Reay is Professor of Carbon Management at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has studied climate change for over 20 years, from warming impacts in the Southern Ocean, through carbon fluxes in forests, to greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands and agriculture. In 2018 he received the Chancellors Award for Teaching for his work in climate change education. His latest project involves managing a large area of coastal land in Scotland to regrow native tree species and trap a lifetimes carbon.
Download or read book The Year Round Vegetable Gardener written by Niki Jabbour and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-12-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in winter’s coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from years of growing vegetables in Nova Scotia, Niki Jabbour shares her simple techniques for gardening throughout the year. Learn how to select the best varieties for each season, the art of succession planting, and how to build inexpensive structures to protect your crops from the elements. No matter where you live, you’ll soon enjoy a thriving vegetable garden year-round.
Download or read book Rice written by Frank R. Moormann and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1: Rice and its environment. Chapter 2: The geography of rice (oryza sativa L.). Chapter 3: The hidrology of rice-lands. Chapter 4: Classification of soils on which rice is Grown. Chapter 5: Soil-forming process in aquatic rice lands. Chapter 6: Soil and land properties that affect the growth of rice. Chapter 7: Elements for evaluation of land for rice growing.
Download or read book Direct Seeded Flooded Rice in the Tropics written by and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Status and prospects of direct seeded flooded rice in tropical Asia; Concepts for a new plant type for direct seeded flooded tropical rice; Rationale for a low-tillering rice plant type with high-density grains; Direct seeding practices in India; Research status and prospects of direct seeded rice in Korea; Direct seeding practices for rice in Sri Lanka; Direct seeded rice in the temperate climates of Australia, Italy, and the United States; Germination and crop establishment of direct seeded rice in the south of France; Problems with continuous seeding of rice in Malaysia; Field leveling and direct seeding methods for rice in Portugal; Direct seeding methods for rice in Venezuela; Fertilizer management in broadcast-seeded rice in Egypt; Using GA3, seed treatment in direct seeded rice in southern USA; Research priorities for direct seeded rice in the tropics.
Download or read book Rice Soil Water Land written by Frans R. Moormann and published by Int. Rice Res. Inst.. This book was released on 1978 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics written by Pedro A. Sanchez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-awaited second edition of classic textbook, brought completely up to date, for courses on tropical soils, and reference for scientists and professionals.
Download or read book Rice Almanac 4th edition written by J. Maclean and published by IRRI. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of the Rice Almanac continues the tradition of the first three editions by showcasing rice as the most important staple food in the world and all that is involved in maintaining rice production. It also breaks new ground in its coverage of issues related to rice production, both environmental--including climate change--and its importance for food security and the global economy. It also further expands coverage of the world’s rice production area by featuring 80 rice-producing countries around the world.
Download or read book Rice Production on Acid Soils of the Tropics written by Pol Deturck and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rice Postproduction Technology in the Tropics written by Merle L. Esmay and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physicochemical properties of rice. Harvesting and threshing. Psychromentrics. Drying principles. Dryinf systems. Storage principles. Storage systems. Milling. Economic considerations.
