Date of Award

5-1982

Degree Type

Report

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Biology

Committee Chair(s)

Donald W. Davis

Committee

Donald W. Davis

Committee

Sherman V. Thomson

Committee

William A. Brindley

Abstract

Rice, the staple diet of over half of the world population, is grown on about 124 million hectares and occupies almost one fifth of the total world cereal acreage. It is essentially tropical but has also been classified as a subtropical crop. Rich has been cultivated as far nother as 49° latitude and as far south as 35° and is grown from sea level to an altitude of 3,000 meters.

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