A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice


Book Description

The plant; Farm management; Farm analysis and improvement.




A Farmer's Primer on Growing Upland Rice


Book Description

Upland rice plant types; Life cycle of the rice plant; Seeds; Factors that affect seedling growth; What is a good seedling; How to grow good seedlings; Leaves; Roots; Tillers; Panicles; Dormancy; Fertilizers; How much nitrogen to apply; How to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer; Other fertilizers and organic matter; Carbohydrate production; Water; Yield components; Plant type with good yield potential; Factors that affect lodging; Land conservation and crop management; Weeds; Control of weeds; Herbicides; Major diseases; Major soil-borne insect pests; Major insect ests during vegetative phase; Major insect pests during reproductive phase; Other pests; Soil problems; Hot to judgea rice crop at flowering; Harvest and postharvest; Cropping systems.




A Farmer's Primer on Growing Soybean on Riceland


Book Description

The soybean crop; The seed, Seedling growth; Growth stages - vegetative phase; Growth stages - flowering; Growth stages - pod development; The roots; Root nodules and nitrogen fixing; Growing soybean; Environement; Water; Chooosing the right variety; Tillage and planting; Fertilizer and lime; Growing conditions and dry matter production; Harvesting and storing soybean; Increasing yields and profits; yield components; Production factors; Yield reducers - weeds; Yield reducers - insect pests; Yield reducers - diseases; Soybean in other cropping systems; Sequence cropping; Intercropping; strip-cropping.




A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice


Book Description

Life cycle of the rice plant; The seed; Seedling growth; How to select good seedlings; Transplanting; The leaves; The roots; The tillers; The panicle; Dormancy; Fertilizers; How much nitrogen to apply; How to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer; Why more nitrogen fertilizer is applied during the dry season; Carbohydrates production; Water; Yield components; Plant type of a lowland rice variety with high grain potential; Factors affecting lodging; Weeds; Control of weeds; Herbicides; How to judge a rice crop at flowering.




A Farmer's Primer on Growing Cowpea on Riceland


Book Description

The cowpea crop; The cowpea plant; The seed; Seedling growth; Growth stages; The roots; Root nodules and nitrogen fixing; The shoot - leaves and branches; The shoot - flowers and seed pods; Dry matter production; Growing cowpea; Environment; Water; Choosing the right variety; Tillage and planting; Fertilizer and lime; Harvesting and storage; Increasing yields and profits; Yield components; Production factors; Yield reducers - weeds; Yield reducers - insect pests; Yield reducers - diseases; Cowpea in other cropping systems; Sequence cropping; Intercropping; Strip-cropping.







A Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice


Book Description

Life cycle of the rice plant; The seed; Seedling growth; How to select good seedlings; Transplanting; The leaves; The roots; The tillers; The panicle; Dormancy; Fertilizers; How much nitrogen to apply; How to increase the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizer; Why more nitrogen fertilizer is applied during the dry season; Carbohydrates production; Water; Yield components; Plant type of a lowland rice variety with high grain potential; Factors affecting lodging; Weeds; Control of weeds; Herbicides; How to judge a rice crop at flowering.




Editing and Publication


Book Description

Author, editor, reader; Getting the most out of words; The editor's many tasks; Editing for the specialist; Reaching the nonspecialist; Illustrations; Design for publication; Introduction to-print production; Production management; The business side; Reaching the reader.