Modern Techniques of Rice Crop Production

Part 1 Introduction.- 1 World Rice Production: An Overview.- 2 Climate Change and Global Rice Security.- Part 2 Agronomic Management.- 3 Techniques of Rice Nursery Establishment and Transplanting.- 4 Rice Seed and Seedling Priming.- 5 Nursery Management of Transplanted Rice.- 6 Rice Cultivation Systems.- 7 Smart Nutrient Management in Rice Crop.- 8 Irrigation Management in Rice.- 9 Rice-Based Cropping Systems.- 10 Rice Ontogeny.- 11 Rice Phenotyping.- 12 Rice Physiology under Changing Climate.- 13 Water-Wise Cultivation of Basmati Rice in Pakistan.- 14 Rice Interactions with Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria.- 15 Plant Growth Regulators for Rice Production in Changing Environment.- 16 Salinity Tolerance in Rice.- 17 Rice Pollination.- Part 3 Plant Protection.- 18 Plant Protection Strategies in Rice Crop.- 19 Weed Management Strategies in Direct Seeded Rice.- 20 Contemporary Management of Insect Pests in Rice.- 21 Insect Chitin Biosynthesis and Regulation Using RNAi Technology.- 22 Integrated Management of Rice Diseases.- 23 Diversity and Management of Plant Viruses Infecting Rice.- 24 Botanical Extracts for Rice Fungal Diseases.- 25 Nanotechnology for Rice Fungal Diseases.- 26 Rice Nematodes and their Integrated Management.- Part 4 Advanced Technologies.- 27 Managing Greenhouse Gas Emission.- 28 Applications of Crop Modeling in Rice Production.- 29 Climate Change and Rice Production: Impacts and Adaptations.- 30 Rice Production and Crop Improvement Through Breeding and Biotechnology.- 31 Hybrid Rice Production.- 32 Rice Biotechnology.- 33 New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) for Improving Rice Grain Yield to Feed 10 Billion: Progress and Prospects.- 34 CRISPR/Cas9 for Rice Crop Improvement: Recent Progress, Limitations and Prospects.- Part 5 Nutritional

Dr. Naeem Sarwar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. He completed his PhD with research work on irrigation and nutrient management in rice crop from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. During his PhD, he won HEC scholarship under International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) and joined as a research scholar in the University of California Davis, USA. He has published over 50 research articles in peer-reviewed international and national journals. Moreover, many graduate students have successfully completed their research work under his supervision. Due to his outstanding performance, university awarded him performance-based increments for the previous couple of years.

Dr. Atique-ur-Rehman is Associate Professor of Agronomy at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan with main focus on the improvement of rice production systems by improving nutrition. He has been devoting himself in teaching and researching the field of arable crops, especially focused on crop nutrition, water saving, and adaptation strategies. He has published over 70 research articles, 10 book chapters and many articles in daily newspapers. He is Editor and Reviewer of several peer- reviewed national and international journals. He has attended and presented his work in national and international conferences.

Dr. Shakeel Ahmad is Professor of Agronomy at Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Agriculture (UAF), Faisalabad, Pakistan. Then, he completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. Gerrit Hoogenboom from University of Georgia, USA, with financial support from Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad. He earned Research Productivity Award (RPA) continuously for five years from Pakistan