Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Origin of cultivated rice. 3. Evolution of cultivated rice. 4. Taxonomy of rice. 5. Morphology of the rice plant. 6. Anatomy of the rice plant. 7. Life cycle of the rice plant. 8. Process of rice cultivation. 9. Global rice production. 10. Rice ecology: a global scenario. 11. Rice genetics, genetic diversity and rice germplasm. 12. Physiology of the rice plant. 13. Biochemistry, and quality of rice grain. 14. Rice processing ...