Rice biotechnology : improving yield, stress tolerance, and grain quality.

Rice is the most important food crop for half the world's population. Over the last three decades, the improvement in human nutrition and health in Asia has largely been attributable to a relatively stable and affordable rice supply. The challenge to produce enough rice for the future, however,...

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Corporate Authors: Symposium on Rice Biotechnology--Improving Yield, Stress Tolerance, and Grain Quality Laguna, Philippines, International Rice Research Institute, Novartis Foundation
Other Authors: Goode, Jamie, Chadwick, Derek
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Chichester, England ; New York : Wiley, 2001.
Series:Novartis Foundation symposium ; 236.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Rice is the most important food crop for half the world's population. Over the last three decades, the improvement in human nutrition and health in Asia has largely been attributable to a relatively stable and affordable rice supply. The challenge to produce enough rice for the future, however, remains daunting, as the current rate of population growth outpaces that of increases in rice production. Science has a central role to play in raising rice productivity and this book highlights areas of plant science that are particularly relevant to solving the major constraints on rice production. Ex.
Item Description:Proceedings of the Symposium on Rice Biotechnology: Improving Yield, Stress Tolerance, and Grain Quality, held at the International Rice Research Institute, Laguna, Phillippines, Mar. 27-29, 2000.
Editors: Jamie A. Goode and Derek Chadwick.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 261 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780470515778
0470515775
9780470515785
0470515783
1282348183
9781282348189
9786612348181
6612348186