Rice is Life Scientific Perspectives for the 21st Century

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Int. Rice Res. Inst., 2005 - Rice - 133 pages
 

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Diverse mechanisms of lowtemperature stress response in rice
54
QTL analysis for eating quality in japonica rice
60
Exploitation and use of naturally occurring allelic variations in rice
69
SESSION 7
71
Functional genomics by reverse genetics
76
a major QTL increasing
83
The uptake and translocation of minerals in rice plants
90
Broadspectrum disease resistance in transgenic rice
97
Producing rice plants with a sitespecific base change in the acetolactate
105
Improving the rice yield potential
114
Possibilities for and constraints to improving canopy photosynthesis
127
The success of the World Rice Research Conference WRRC was due largely to
129
Breeding and prevalence of japonica hybrid rice variety Mitsuhikari
140
Developing aerobic rice in Brazil
154
Harnessing molecular markers in hybrid rice commercialization in the Philippines
166
A polygenic balance model in yield components as revealed by QTL analysis
172
Trends in crop establishment methods in Asia and research issues
178
stabilization of seedling establishment
184
the Tokyo Opening Ceremony and Sym
190
Rice establishment in droughtprone areas of Bangladesh
193
weed biology and water management
202
SESSION 15
207
Improved anchorage and bird protection with ironcoated seeds
209
Control of Leptochloa chinensis L Nees in wetseeded rice fields in Sri Lanka
215
Improving efficiency through innovations in mechanization
222
redesigning a technology for Filipino
229
Highprecision autonomous operation using an unmanned rice transplanter
235
The rice directseeding system using multiple seed pellets in northern Tohoku
241
Improving rice grain quality in Thailand
248
Biological efficacy of consuming rice biofortified with iron
256
Wrapup of Session 8
265
Demonstration program on multifunctionality of paddy fields
343
Wrapup of Session 11
349
Managing soil fertility for sustainable rice production in northeast Thailand
357
Ecological engineering for sustainable rice production and the restoration
363
Urea deep placement increases yield and saves nitrogen fertilizer
369
Influence of the paddyupland rotation on soil physicochemical properties
377
Promising technologies for reducing cadmium contamination in rice
381
the case
395
advances
408
Consequences of technologies and production diversification for
422
Challenges to expanding rice production in unfavorable environments
441
Ecological morphological and physiological aspects of drought adaptation
448
Soil acidity and related problems in upland rice in the tropics
454
Responses to chilling temperature at the early stage of development
460
SESSION 16
467
Evaluating augmentative releases of the mirid bug Cyrtorhinus lividipennis
473
Association of candidate defense genes with quantitative resistance to rice blast
479
Screening of allelopathic activity from rice cultivars by bioassay and field test
484
Can China change rice consumption
497
Impacts of distorted trade policies on rice productivity
510
Behavior and strategies of Japanese rice producers under globalization
523
the case
539
Coping with climate variability and change in rice production systems
542
Modeling the effects of farming management alternatives on greenhouse
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The detrimental effect of tropospheric O on lowland rice is ameliorated 3
557
SESSION 20
565
Prediction of airborne immigration of rice insect pests
571
Integrated information systems for crop research and improvement
579
A decision support system for sitespecific nitrogen management
587
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