With the exponential growth of the global population, the agricultural sector is bound to use
ever larger quantities of fertilizers to augment the food supply, which consequently increases …

Abstract Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a staple food for more than half of the world population, is
commonly grown by transplanting seedlings into puddled soil (wet tillage) in Asia. This …

Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation has been widely adopted to replace
continuous flooding (CF) irrigation for saving water and increasing water productivity in …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Ammonia (NH 3) volatilization and nitrogen (N) surface runoff from rice (Oryza sativa L.)
paddies contribute to air and water pollution in China and everywhere else. The purposes of …

The effects of a controlled release urea (CRU) on concentration of N in root zones, activities
of N metabolism enzymes in leaves, and N use efficiency of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown on a …

The use of controlled-release urea (CRU) has become one of best management practices
for increasing crop yield and improving nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE). However, the …

Continued population growth and the corresponding increase in consumption will mean
increases in the global demand for food crops, especially maize, which is used as a food …

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 …

Non-flooding plastic film mulching (PM) cultivation is a promising water-saving technology
for rice cultivation. However, because the N fertilizer can only be applied before …