Synopsis 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 and by-products utilization. 15. Specialty rice. 16. Rice soils and soil science. 17. Blue green algae (Cynobacteria) and N-fixation in rice soil. 18. Azolla : a potential biofertilizer in rice production system. 19. Bacterial nitrogen fixation and pesticide-bacterial interaction. 20.  Methane emission from rice fields and global warming. 21. Water management for rice production. 22.  Rice in India. 23. Rice production constraints. 24. Rice production technologies: i. Rainfed upland rice. ii. Rainfed lowland rice. iii. Deep water rice. iv. Hybrid rice. v. Double haploids. vi. Rice based cropping systems. vii. Organic rice. viii. Systems of rice intensification. ix. Rice fish farming systems for lowland areas. x. Boro rice. xi. Short grain aeromatic rice. xii. Basmati rice. xiii. Golden rice. xiv. Aerobic rice. xv. Medicinal rice. 25. Rice diseases. 26. Pests of field rice. 27. Rice weeds. 28. Post harvest management of losses caused by rice storage insects. 29. Rice genetic engineering. 30. Future research to enhance rice production and productivity in India. 31. Each rice eater should know about what he/she is eating? Subject index.