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Participatory Learning and Action Research (PLAR) for Integrated Rice Management (IRM) in Inland Valleys of Sub-Saharan Africa:
Technical Manual

Wopereis, M.C.S., T. Defoer, P. Idinoba, S. Diack and M.J. Dugué
 
  Foreword
  Why this manual?
  Contributors
  Acknowledgements
 
Reference 1   Selecting PLAR-IRM sites
Reference 2   Hydrological network, inland valley catchments and lowlands
Reference 3   Different types of soil
Reference 4   Iron toxicity
Reference 5   Water control structures for inland-valley lowlands
Reference 6   The seasonal work plan
Reference 7   Field water management
Reference 8   Knowing the rice plant
Reference 9   Seed production
Reference 10   Selecting a variety
Reference 11   Effects of temperature on rice development
Reference 12   Field preparation before the start of the rice-growing season
Reference 13   The seedling nursery
Reference 14   Plant nutrients
Reference 15   Integrated soil fertility management
Reference 16   Transplanting
Reference 17   Farmers’ experimentation
Reference 18   Getting acquainted with weeds of rice
Reference 19   Integrated weed management
Reference 20   Safe and correct use of herbicides
Reference 21   Insects in rice cropping
Reference 22   African rice gall midge
Reference 23   Rice stem borers
Reference 24   Major diseases in rice
Reference 25   Integrated rice disease management
Reference 26   Harvest and post-harvest
Reference 27   End-of-season evaluation
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