Direct seeding of rice: recent developments and future research needs

V Kumar, JK Ladha - Advances in agronomy, 2011 - Elsevier
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 …

Rice direct seeding: experiences, challenges and opportunities

M Farooq, KHM Siddique, H Rehman, T Aziz… - Soil and Tillage …, 2011 - Elsevier
Rice is one of the most important food crops in the world, and staple for more than half of the
global population. Looming water crisis, water-intensive nature of rice cultivation and …

Early seedling vigour, an imperative trait for direct-seeded rice: an overview on physio-morphological parameters and molecular markers

A Mahender, A Anandan, SK Pradhan - Planta, 2015 - Springer
Main conclusion Rapid uniform germination and accumulation of biomass during initial
phase of seedling establishment is an essential phenotypic trait considered as early …

Rice–wheat crop** systems in South Asia: issues, options and opportunities

A Nawaz, M Farooq, F Nadeem… - Crop and Pasture …, 2019 - CSIRO Publishing
The rice (Oryza sativa L.)–wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crop** system is the largest
agricultural production system worldwide, and is practised on 24 Mha in Asia. Many factors …

Effects of water deficit stress on agronomic and physiological responses of rice and greenhouse gas emission from rice soil under elevated atmospheric CO2

A Kumar, AK Nayak, BS Das, N Panigrahi… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rice is the foremost staple food in the world, safeguarding the global food and nutritional
security. Rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) and water deficits are threatening global …

Management of direct seeded rice for enhanced resource-use efficiency

E Joshi, D Kumar, B Lal, V Nepalia… - Plant Knowledge …, 2013 - search.informit.org
Rice (Oryza sativa), the staple food of more than half of the population of the world, is an
important target to provide food security and livelihoods for millions. Imminent water crisis …

Soil physicochemical and biological properties of paddy‐upland rotation: A review

W Zhou, TF Lv, Y Chen, AP Westby… - The Scientific World …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Paddy‐upland rotation is an unavoidable crop** system for Asia to meet the increasing
demand for food. The reduction in grain yields has increased the research interest on the …

Methods of seed priming

A Sher, T Sarwar, A Nawaz, M Ijaz, A Sattar… - … and pretreatment of …, 2019 - Springer
The food security of world population depends on our limited agricultural land and the
reproductive capacity of field crops. Hence, plant scientist are putting their efforts to increase …

Influence of sesbania brown manuring and rice residue mulch on soil health, weeds and system productivity of conservation rice–wheat systems

A Nawaz, M Farooq, R Lal, A Rehman… - Land Degradation & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainability of rice–wheat crop** system (RWCS) is threatened by increasing labor,
water, and energy crises in the region. Conservation RWCSs offers an ecofriendly alternate …

[LIVRE][B] Advances in agronomy

DL Sparks - 2012 - books.google.com
Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate
source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and …