FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPER 188 Weedy rices - origin, biology, ecology and control
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ROME, 2007
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PART I

Acknowledgements
Preface
List of acronyms

1. Introduction

2. The weedy rice problem

3. Diversity of weedy rice populations

PART II

4. Seed shattering and dormancy in weedy rices

5. Vigour and competitiveness of weedy rices

6. Ecological relationships

7. Strategies for controlling weedy rices

8. Examples of weedy rice control campaigns

9. Conclusions


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