Rice: Origin, Antiquity and History
- ISBN-10
- 1439840563
- ISBN-13
- 9781439840566
- Series
- Rice
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 580
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-05-27
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Author
- S. D. Sharma
Description
During the last nine millennia or so, man has improved the rice plant, increased its productivity and has found various uses of its parts. The story of rice differs from region to region and has been different in different periods of time. There was a time when tax was collected in the form of rice in Japan, the Southeast Asian kingdoms created hyd
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