• Targeting NIR Tissue Test Sampling Using Aerial Imagery And Identifying The Factors Causing Variable Rice Growth And Crop Yields. 

      Lacy, John; Evans, Peter; Steel, Felicity
      Published 2005-10-31
      The new precision agriculture tool, aerial infrared images has created an opportunity for rice farmers to assess crop variability. At ground level variability is difficult to assess. Aerial infrared images readily show ...
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    • Texture Analysis Of Rice Cakes 

      Martin, Rodney; Williams, Phillip
      Published 2005-10-31
      Snack foods represent a dynamic segment of the food industry, as new products are continually being developed to satisfy changes in consumer trends. This highly competitive market features many products that have short ...
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    • Travel Report Presented To NSW Agriculture And The Rice CRC 

      Farrell, Tim
      Published 2005-11-01
      Mr Tim Farrell attended the international conference on, The Impact of Agricultural Research for Development in Southeast Asia, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 24-26, 2000. Mr Farrell then participated in an ACIAR workshop ...
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    • Travel Report, Study Tour Of Rice Production In South Korea And China (August 29 – September 21, 2002) 

      Farrell, Tim
      Published 2005-11-01
      Rice production has a long history in Korea and China and has substantially increased in recent times. These rises in yield reflect advances in hybrid rice technology, an improved plant type, better nutrient and farm ...
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    • Trip report – ‘Water-Wise Rice Production’ 

      Thompson, John
      Published 2005-11-03
      The workshop was jointly organised by IRRI (B Bouman and TP Tuong) and Plant Research International of Wageningen University and Research Centre (P Bindraban and H Hengsdijk). The workshop dealt with the problems caused ...
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    • Understanding Amylose Structure, What It Controls And What Controls It. 

      Fitzgerald, Melissa; Blanchard, Christopher
      Published 2005-10-20
      Starch accounts for at least 92% (dry weight) of a milled rice grain. Starch is comprised of two fractions, amylose and amylopectin. Amylose content can range from 0% (in waxy rice) to about 30%. Amylose is essentially a ...
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    • Valuing a Test for Nitrogen Status in Rice 

      Singh, Rajinder; Williams, Robert; Mullen, John; Faour, Khaled
      Published 2005-11-03
      Nitrogen is a crucial input for the efficient production of rice and is generally applied in two split treatments. The first treatment is given before flooding the rice paddocks at sowing time ie at the pre-flooding (PF) ...
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    • Water Quality Study Tour 

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      Published 2005-10-19
      The major rice growing regions of North Eastern Argentina, South Brazil and Uruguay were visited in association with RIRDC between 2/3/03 - 9/3/03. Currently, drainage water quality from agriculture does not appear to be ...
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