Author: International Rice Research Institute
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040344
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Proceedings of the Symposium on Climate & Rice
Author: International Rice Research Institute
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040344
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040344
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Systems approaches for agricultural development
Author: Frits Penning de Vries
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401128421
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
The symposium In the next decades, agriculture will have to cope with an ever-increasing demand for food and raw basic materials on the one hand, and with the necessity to use resources without further degrading or exhausting the environment on the other hand, and all this within a dynamic framework of social and economic conditions. Intensification, sustainability, optimizing scarce resources, and climate change are among the key issues. Organized thinking about future farming requires forecasting of consequences of alternative ways to farm and to develop agriculture. The complexity of the problems calls for a systematic approach in which many disciplines are integrated. Systems thinking and systems simulation are therefore indispensable tools for such endeavours. About 150 scientists and senior research leaders participated in the symposium 'Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development' (SAAD) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, in December 1991. The symposium had the following objectives: - to review the status of systems research and modeling in agriculture, with special reference to evaluating their efficacy and efficiency in achieving research goals, and to their application in developing countries; - to promote international cooperation in modeling, and increase awareness of systems research and simulation. The symposium consisted of plenary sessions with reviews of major areas in systems approaches in agriculture, plus presentations in two concurrent sessions on technical topics of systems research. Subjects of studies were from tropical and temperate countries.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401128421
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
The symposium In the next decades, agriculture will have to cope with an ever-increasing demand for food and raw basic materials on the one hand, and with the necessity to use resources without further degrading or exhausting the environment on the other hand, and all this within a dynamic framework of social and economic conditions. Intensification, sustainability, optimizing scarce resources, and climate change are among the key issues. Organized thinking about future farming requires forecasting of consequences of alternative ways to farm and to develop agriculture. The complexity of the problems calls for a systematic approach in which many disciplines are integrated. Systems thinking and systems simulation are therefore indispensable tools for such endeavours. About 150 scientists and senior research leaders participated in the symposium 'Systems Approaches for Agricultural Development' (SAAD) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, in December 1991. The symposium had the following objectives: - to review the status of systems research and modeling in agriculture, with special reference to evaluating their efficacy and efficiency in achieving research goals, and to their application in developing countries; - to promote international cooperation in modeling, and increase awareness of systems research and simulation. The symposium consisted of plenary sessions with reviews of major areas in systems approaches in agriculture, plus presentations in two concurrent sessions on technical topics of systems research. Subjects of studies were from tropical and temperate countries.
Fundamentals of Rice Crop Science
Author: Shouichi Yoshida
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040522
Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Growth and development of the rice plant. Climatic environments and its influence. Mineral nutrition of rice. Nutritional disorders. Photosynthesis and respiration. Rice plant characters in relation to yielding ability. Physiological analysis of rice yield.
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040522
Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Growth and development of the rice plant. Climatic environments and its influence. Mineral nutrition of rice. Nutritional disorders. Photosynthesis and respiration. Rice plant characters in relation to yielding ability. Physiological analysis of rice yield.
A Lab for All Seasons
Author: Sharon E. Kingsland
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300267223
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The first book to chronicle how innovation in laboratory designs for botanical research energized the emergence of physiological plant ecology as a vibrant subdiscipline Laboratory innovation since the mid-twentieth century has powered advances in the study of plant adaptation, evolution, and ecosystem function. The phytotron, an integrated complex of controlled-environment greenhouse and laboratory spaces, was invented by Frits W. Went at the California Institute of Technology in the 1950s, setting off a worldwide laboratory movement, and transforming the plant sciences. Sharon Kingsland explores this revolution through a comparative study of work in the United States, France, Australia, Israel, the USSR, and Hungary--in the latter two, offering new interpretations of the response to Lysenkoism in Communist states. These advances in botanical research energized physiological plant ecology. Case studies explore the development of phytotron spin-offs such as mobile laboratories, rhizotrons, and ecotrons. Scientific problems include the significance of plant emissions of volatile organic compounds, symbiosis between plants and soil fungi, and the discovery of new pathways for photosynthesis as an adaptation to hot, dry climates. The advancement of knowledge through synthesis is a running theme: linking disciplines, combining laboratory and field research, and moving across ecological scales from leaf to ecosystem. The book also charts the history of modern scientific responses to the emerging crisis of food insecurity in the era of global warming.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300267223
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The first book to chronicle how innovation in laboratory designs for botanical research energized the emergence of physiological plant ecology as a vibrant subdiscipline Laboratory innovation since the mid-twentieth century has powered advances in the study of plant adaptation, evolution, and ecosystem function. The phytotron, an integrated complex of controlled-environment greenhouse and laboratory spaces, was invented by Frits W. Went at the California Institute of Technology in the 1950s, setting off a worldwide laboratory movement, and transforming the plant sciences. Sharon Kingsland explores this revolution through a comparative study of work in the United States, France, Australia, Israel, the USSR, and Hungary--in the latter two, offering new interpretations of the response to Lysenkoism in Communist states. These advances in botanical research energized physiological plant ecology. Case studies explore the development of phytotron spin-offs such as mobile laboratories, rhizotrons, and ecotrons. Scientific problems include the significance of plant emissions of volatile organic compounds, symbiosis between plants and soil fungi, and the discovery of new pathways for photosynthesis as an adaptation to hot, dry climates. The advancement of knowledge through synthesis is a running theme: linking disciplines, combining laboratory and field research, and moving across ecological scales from leaf to ecosystem. The book also charts the history of modern scientific responses to the emerging crisis of food insecurity in the era of global warming.
Rice in Deep Water
Author: David Catling
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349123099
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Rice in Deep Water gives a detailed description of the complex agroecosystem and the growth and development of deepwater rice, a fascinating crop grown by subsistence farmers in the deltas and floodplains of Asia and West Africa flooding to depths of 2-3 metres. An account of the various cultural methods and socioeconomic conditions of the farmers is given, current research efforts to increase productivity discussed and research priorities suggested. The book is designed and profusely illustrated so as to emphasize the complexity and dynamic nature of plant and environment, an aspect so often poorly appreciated and misunderstood.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349123099
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Rice in Deep Water gives a detailed description of the complex agroecosystem and the growth and development of deepwater rice, a fascinating crop grown by subsistence farmers in the deltas and floodplains of Asia and West Africa flooding to depths of 2-3 metres. An account of the various cultural methods and socioeconomic conditions of the farmers is given, current research efforts to increase productivity discussed and research priorities suggested. The book is designed and profusely illustrated so as to emphasize the complexity and dynamic nature of plant and environment, an aspect so often poorly appreciated and misunderstood.
An Overview of Upland Rice Research
Author:
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711041219
Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711041219
Category : Rice
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Sediments of Time
Author: Mark Elvin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521563819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
This collection of essays is the first relatively comprehensive survey of the environmental history of China.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521563819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
This collection of essays is the first relatively comprehensive survey of the environmental history of China.
Drought Resistance in Crops with Emphasis on Rice
Author: International Rice Research Institute
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040786
Category : Crop yields
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9711040786
Category : Crop yields
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Benefication, Agglomeration and Environment
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agglomeration
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agglomeration
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Crop Loss Assessment in Rice
Author:
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9712200019
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Crop loss assessment: background, rationale, and concepts; Component technology for crop loss assessment; Applications of pest and loss assessment technology to pest management.
Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.
ISBN: 9712200019
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Crop loss assessment: background, rationale, and concepts; Component technology for crop loss assessment; Applications of pest and loss assessment technology to pest management.