R I C E
Evolution, History, Production, and Technology
edited by C. Wayne Smith and Robert H. Dilday

This is a single-source reference covering all aspects of rice, including its origins and history, the plants and genetics, production data and practices, and commercial practices.

Chapters are written by leading international experts in the field.

Features

• Includes color plates of diseases, insects, and other production hazards
• Details genetics, cultivar development, and pest control

Contents

1. ORIGIN AND HISTORY
   • Origin, Domestication and Diversification
   • Biosystematics of the Genus Oryza
   • The American Rice Industry: An Historical Overview of Production and Marketing
   • Origin and Characteristics of U.S. Rice Cultivars

2. THE RICE PLANT
   • Rice Morphology and Development
   • Rice Physiology
   • Genetics, Cytogenetics, Mutation and Beyond
   • Techniques for Developoment of New Cultivars
   • Rice Biotechnology
   • Studies on Rice Allelochemicals

3. PRODUCTION
   • Global Rice Production
   • Rice Production
   • Rice Soils: Physical and Chemical Characteristics and Behavior
   • Soil Fertilization and Mineral Nutrition in USA Mechanized Rice Culture
   • Rice Diseases
   • Rice Anthropod Pests and Their Management in the United States
   • Rice Weed Control
   • Rice Marketing

4. PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT PROCESSING
   • Rice Harvesting
   • Rice Storage
   • Rough Rice Drying and Milling Quality

5. GERMPLASM RESOURCES
   • Germplasm Collection, Preservation, and Utilization

Index

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