Being one of the most important staple crops of the world, rice has played a vital role in
slaking the calorie requirements of the masses in all the inhabitable continents of our planet …

Kernel smut, caused by Tilletia horrida, is a disease characterized by the replacement of rice
grains with black sooty masses of teliospores or chlamydospores. Kernel smut differs from …

Timely and accurate cropland information at large spatial scales can improve crop
management and support the government in decision making. Mapping the spatial extent …

Over many decades there has been a global trend away from mixed farming and integrated
crop-livestock systems to more-intensive single commodity systems. This has distorted local …

Water scarcity threatens irrigated agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Knowledge of
farmers' perceptions and drivers for decision-making in view of coping with water scarcity is …

While rice studies are abundant, they usually focus on macro-level rice production and yield
data, genetic diversity, cultivar varieties, and agrotechnological innovations. Moreover, many …

An alternative analytical method was developed for the quantification of inorganic arsenic
(iAs) in rice by ICP OES. Iron nanoparticles modified with an organophosphorus compound …

Abstract The United States (US) is the world's 4th largest rice exporter and challenges
associated with extreme heat and water availability may pose a threat to future productivity …

The reintegration of crops with livestock systems is proposed as a way of improving the
environmental impacts of food production globally, particularly the impact involving nitrogen …

Surveys were conducted in the five southern rice‐producing states of Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri and Texas in the United States during the 2018 and 2019 cropping …