A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice
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Contents | Page
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| Life cycle of the rice plant..........................................................................
| 1
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| The seed......................................................................................................
| 9
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| Seedling growth..........................................................................................
| 19
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| How to select good seedlings ..................................................................
| 29
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| Transplanting .............................................................................................
| 37
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| The leaves ..................................................................................................
| 43
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| The roots .....................................................................................................
| 49
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| The tillers .....................................................................................................
| 65
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| The panicle .................................................................................................
| 77
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| Dormancy ...................................................................................................
| 85
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| Fertilizers ....................................................................................................
| 91
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| How much nitrogen to apply ....................................................................
| 99
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| How to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer...............................
| 107
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| Why more nitrogen fertilizer is applied during the dry season..............
| 117
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| Carbohydrates production ........................................................................
| 123
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| Water ...........................................................................................................
| 133
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| Yield components ......................................................................................
| 141
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| Plant type of a lowland rice variety with high grain potential.................
| 155
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| Factors affecting lodging ..........................................................................
| 167
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| Weeds .........................................................................................................
| 177
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| Control of weeds ........................................................................................
| 189
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| Herbicides ...................................................................................................
| 197
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| How to judge a rice crop at flowering.......................................................
| 209
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