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Rice: Origin, History, Technology, and Production

C. Wayne Smith (Editor), Robert H. Dilday (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-34516-9
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664 pages
September 2002
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Preface.

Contributors.

SECTION I: ORIGIN AND HISTORY.

Chapter 1.1: Origin, Domestication, and Diversification (Te-TzuChang).

Chapter 1.2: Biosystematics of the Genus Oryza (Duncan A. Vaughanand Hiroko Morishima).

Chapter 1.3: American Rice Industry: Historical Overview ofProduction and Marketing (Henry C. Dethloff).

Chapter 1.4: Origin and Characteristics of U.S. Rice Cultivars(David J. Mackill and Kent S. McKenzie).

SECTION II: THE RICE PLANT.

Chapter 2.1: Rice Morphology and Development (Karen A. K.Moldenhauer and Julia H. Gibbons).

Chapter 2.2: Rice Physiology (Paul A. Counce, David R. Gealy, andShi-Jean Susana Sung).

Chapter 2.3: Genetics, Cytogenetics, Mutation, and Beyond (GeorgiaC. Eizenga and J. Neil Rutger).

Chapter 2.4: Techniques for Development of New Cultivars (AnnaMyers McClung).

Chapter 2.5: Rice Biotechnology (Thomas H. Tai).

Chapter 2.6: Studies on Rice Allelochemicals (Agnes M. Rimando andStephen O. Duke).

SECTION III: PRODUCTION.

Chapter 3.1: Global Rice Production (Bobby Coats).

Chapter 3.2: Rice Production (Joseph E. Street and Patrick K.Bollich).

Chapter 3.3: Rice Soils: Physical and Chemical Characteristics andBehavior (H. Don Scott, David M. Miller, and Fabrice G.Renaud).

Chapter 3.4: Soil Fertilization and Mineral Nutrition in U.S.Mechanized Rice Culture (Richard J. Norman, Charles E. Wilson, Jr.,and Nathan A. Slaton).

Chapter 3.5: Rice Diseases (Don Groth and Fleet Lee).

Chapter 3.6: Rice Arthropod Pests and Their Management in theUnited States (M. O. Way).

Chapter 3.7: Rice Weed Control (Andy Kendig, Bill Williams, and C.Wayne Smith).

Chapter 3.8: Rice Marketing (Gail L. Cramer, Kenneth B. Young, andEric J. Wailes).

SECTION IV: PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT PROCESSING.

Chapter 4.1: Rice Harvesting (Graeme R. Quick).

Chapter 4.2: Rice Storage (Terry A. Howell, Jr.).

Chapter 4.3: Rough Rice Drying and Milling Quality (Terry J.Siebenmorgan, Wade Yang, Rustico Bautista, and Auke Cnossen).

SECTION V: GERMPLASM RESOURCES.

Chapter 5.1: Germplasm Collection, Preservation, and Utilization(Harold E. Bockelman, Robert H. Dilday, Wengui Yan, and Darrell M.Wesenberg).

Index.
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