Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Rice Volume 1: Breeding for Higher Yield and Quality

by Susan McCouch and Jennifer Spindel

Rice is one of the most important foods in the world. As the demand for rice continues to increase, there is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable.

Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection focuses on ways of improving the cultivation of rice at each step in the value...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178676024X
• ISBN13: 9781786760241
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"