Rice production in Asia needs to increase to feed a growing population. Though a complete
assessment of the level of water scarcity in Asian rice production is still lacking, there are …

The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), which periodically erupted in
tropical Asian rice before the 1960s, became a major threat after farmers adopted green …

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide contributing to
human-made global warming. Keeping to the Paris Agreement of staying well below two …

Increasing water scarcity necessitates the development of irrigated rice systems that require
less water than traditional flooded rice. In irrigated aerobic rice systems, rice grows in …

With decreasing water availability for agriculture and increasing demand for rice, water use
in rice production systems has to be reduced and water productivity increased. Alternately …

Worldwide, about 79 million ha of irrigated lowlands provide 75% of the total rice production.
Lowland rice is traditionally grown in bunded fields that are continuously flooded from crop …

A major challenge in rice (Oryza sativa L.) production is to enhance water use efficiency
(WUE) and maintain or even increase grain yield. WUE, if defined as the biomass …

Plants and humans cannot easily acquire iron from their nutrient sources although it is
abundant in nature. Thus, iron deficiency is one of the major limiting factors affecting crop …

Integrating crop and resource management technologies for enhanced productivity,
profitability, and... 69 will accept innovations as and when they become available. A good …

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 …