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New fertilizer strategies combining manure and urea for improved rice growth in Mozambique

The use of integrated fertilization combining mineral and organic fertilizers has a strong potential and could be available and affordable for smallholder rice producers. An advantage of the application of organic wastes as fertilizer is that they usually provide nutritive elements to crops at little added...

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Host resistance, tolerance, and vulnerability determine levels of field damage from a complex of Asian rice stem borers

Rice yield losses due to stem borers and the choice by farmers to predominantly use insecticides to control stem borers demonstrate a continuing need to...

Crop nutrient management using Nutrient Expert improves yield, increases farmers’ income, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions

Nutrient Expert (NE) tool-based site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) in rice and wheat crops can lower global warming potential by about 2.5% in rice...

Crop diversification in rice-based systems in the polders of Bangladesh: Yield stability, profitability, and associated risk

Bangladesh is ranked among the top 10 most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Therefore, finding a resilient crop and cropping system is the...

Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: 10 essential questions we still need to solve

Most small rodent populations in the world have fascinating population dynamics. In the light of vast research and debate over almost a century, we here...

Low glycemic index rice—a desired trait in starchy staples

The rapid shift from healthy choices to unhealthy food choices due to the lure of lower prices, ease of preparation, and more palate appeal has driven...

Transforming agriculture in Southern Africa

This book provides a synthesis of the key issues and challenges facing agriculture and food production in Southern Africa. Southern Africa is facing numerous...

Integrated management of weeds in direct-seeded rice in Cambodia

Weeds are a bigger problem for dry direct seeding rice (DDSR) compared to transplanting because they germinate and emerge at the same time as the rice...

Tolerant varieties and application of nutrients can effectively manage drought stress in rice

Drought incidence in rain-fed areas is the major abiotic stress especially to rice growing in around 23 million ha areas in India, the dry spells of different...

The importance of maintenance breeding: A case study of the first miracle rice variety-IR8

The 2010 study examined the decreasing grain yield of IR8, which was the first modern rice variety of the Green Revolution, and provides strong justification...

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