Current status and challenges of rice production in China

Plant Production Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Peng, Shaobing ^b   Tang, Qiyuan ^a   Zou, Yingbin ^a  

^a HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biotic and abiotic stresses; Crop improvement; Crop management; Grain yield; Rice research; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 61649093566     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.12.3     Document Type: Review

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