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 is the principal food commodity for millions of people. Its growing demand invokes for
an enhanced productivity, but with limited land and water resources. Among various biotic …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a principal source of food for more than half of the world population,
especially in South and Southeast Asia and Latin America. Elsewhere, it represents a high …

Climate change is caused by the release of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Climate
change will impact many activities, but its effects on agricultural production could be acute …

This paper discusses biotic interactions in agroecosystems and how they may be
manipulated to support crop productivity and environmental health by provision of …

Interest in breeding grain crops with improved weed suppressive ability is growing in
response to the evolution and rapid expansion of herbicide resistant populations in major …

Forty rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars and breeding lines used in the International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI) upland rice breeding program were evaluated in adjacent weed …

Since the 1960s, the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production
per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous …

Aerobic rice production systems, wherein rice is dry-sown in non-puddled soil and grown as
an upland crop, offer large water savings but are subject to severe weed infestation. Weed …

Rice production symbolizes the single largest land use for food production on the Earth. The
significance of this cereal as a source of energy and income seems overwhelming for …