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 …

Over the past decade, we have witnessed a growing scarcity of and competition for water
around the world. As the demand for water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and …

This article evaluates the impacts of a controlled irrigation technique in rice production
called alternate wetting and drying (AWD). Propensity score matching (PSM) and regression …

Over recent years, the scarcity of and competition for water have been increasing worldwide.
The opportunities for developing new water resources for irrigation are limited. Irrigated …

A field experiment using system of rice intensification (SRI) techniques was conducted in
Chiba, Japan during the 2008 rice-growing season (May–September) with eight treatment …

The underground water and water storage reservoirs are rapidly depleting due to nominal
recharging by the rainfalls making water a scarce resource for irrigation resulting in poor …

Now in its second edition. This text has been extensively revised and rewritten to reflect the
growth in environmental research during the last decade. Human-induced environmental …

It is crucial for food security to produce more rice with decreasing availability of water for rice
production. This article seeks to answer the question “Does rice really require an abundance …

Early planting of rice crop during the period of peak evaporative demand results in
substantial mining of ground water and threats the sustainability of rice production in Punjab …

Highly productive rice (Oryza sativa L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) systems are crucial
for millions of rural and urban poor in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of south Asia. Our …