Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four volume set (Earthscan Reference Collections)

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 97 Similarly, Kordon (1974a, 1974b) reported that the primary and adventitious root gr ...

98 The Global Food System discussed later. In addition, higher root quantity should enhance both nutrient and water-absorbing fu ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 99 seedling per hill had higher yield compared to three seedlings per hill (San-oh et ...

100 The Global Food System water level go down gradually until the soil surface appeared, the field surface was exposed to air f ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 101 been recommended during the reproductive stage. This late flooding practice allows ...

102 The Global Food System First, it is clearly stated that application of compost in SRI practice is optional (http://ciifad.co ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 103 square metre, and hence in turn the greatest number of grains per square metre. To ...

104 The Global Food System Note: All variables are shown as functions (f) of the variables that drive them. (AVN = available nit ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 105 Younger seedlings with higher root–shoot ratio encourage root–shoot growth along w ...

106 The Global Food System Higher root growth and activity increase physiological efficiency of the rice plant Prolonged photosy ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 107 senescence and increased the rate of photosynthesis at later growth stages (San-oh ...

108 The Global Food System et al, 2005). In this context, we note that Stoop and Kassam (2005) contend that neither SRI advocate ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 109 constraints in managing a favourable interaction of the plant–soil environment sho ...

110 The Global Food System Belder P, Bouman B A M, Spiertz J H J, Peng S, Castan A R, and Visperas R M. 2005. Crop perform- ance ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 111 Katayama T. 1951. Studies on tillering of rice and barley plant (Ine mugi no bunge ...

112 The Global Food System Mitsui S, and Tensho K. 1952. Dynamic studies on the nutrient uptake by crop plants. 3. The reduc- in ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 113 San-oh Y, Sugiyama T, Yoshita D, Ookawa T, and Hirasawa T. 2006. The effect of pla ...

114 The Global Food System Takeda T, Oka M, Uchimura K, and Agata W. 1984. Studies on the dry matter and grain production of ric ...

The System of Rice Intensifi cation (SRI) 115 Yoshida S, and Hasegawa S. 1982. The rice root system: Its development and functio ...

5 The Struggle to Govern the Commons Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom and Paul C. Stern In 1968, Garrett Hardin^1 drew attention to t ...