Crop Loss Assessment in Rice
Crop Loss Assessment in Rice

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Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9712200019

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Crop loss assessment: background, rationale, and concepts; Component technology for crop loss assessment; Applications of pest and loss assessment technology to pest management.

Rice Ratooning
Rice Ratooning

Author: International Rice Research Institute

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9711041901

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Overview; Morphology and physiology of rice ratoons; Rice ratooning in practice; Evaluation and potential of rice ratooning; Cultural practices; Genetics and varietal improvement.

A Farmer's Primer on Growing Upland Rice
A Farmer's Primer on Growing Upland Rice

Author: M. A. Arraudeau

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9711041707

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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.

A Manual of Rice Seed Health Testing
A Manual of Rice Seed Health Testing

Author: T. W. Mew

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 9712200493

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Rice seed health and quarantine; The rice plant and its environment; Equipment; Samples and sampling; dry seed inspection; Fungi; Bacteria; Nematodes; Viruses and mycoplasmalike organisms; Field inspection; Seed treatment; Weed seed; Insect pests; Fungal pathogens; Bacterial pathogens; Nematode pest; Organisms causing grain discoloration and damage.

Rice in the Tropics
Rice in the Tropics

Author: Robert Flint Chandler

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0891583629

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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.

A Guide to Creating Self-learning Materials
A Guide to Creating Self-learning Materials

Author: Dan R. Minnick

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9711042126

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Autotutorial or self-learning instruction as a learning methods: some relevant theories and concepts; A/I or self-learning materials: creation and use.