At a global scale, about three billion people have inadequate zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) nutrition
and 500,000 children lose their lives due to this. In recent years, the interest in adopting …

A burgeoning global population is creating unprecedented demands on agriculture to
produce ever-increasing amounts of food, fiber, and fuel. In this context, South America has …

The massification of tertiary education, the emergence of the global knowledge economy
and increasing national and international competition in the last part of the 20th century and …

A tremendous amount of anthropogenic nitrogen (N) fertilizer has been applied to
agricultural lands to promote crop production in the US since the 1850s. However …

Main conclusion Rice sheath blight research should prioritise optimising biological control
approaches, identification of resistance gene mechanisms and application in genetic …

Nitrogen is deficient in most soils and is applied in the greatest quantities of all nutrients.
Given its high potential for loss, efficient fertilizer N management has both economic and …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop for a large proportion of the world's
population. Total rice production will need to increase to feed an increasing world …

About 90% of rice is produced and consumed in Asia, where the demand for rice is on the
increase due to increasing population. Rice is a semiaquatic plant and grows well under …

A staple food for more than half of the world's population, rice is the third most important
cereal crop after wheat and corn. This book brings together a wealth of information on the …

Weedy rice, red rice (Oryza sativa L.), is a serious problem in rice-producing areas of the
southern US and various regions worldwide. It competes for production inputs, increases …