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Rice Production Handbook

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Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas Rice Production Handbook guidelines and recommendations are based upon research funded, in part, by Arkansas Rice Grower check-off funds administered by the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board

Table of Contents

Introduction 

1 - Rice Growth and Development

  • Vegetative Stage
  • Reproductive Stage
  • Ripening Stage

2 - Rice Varieties and Seed Production

  • Rice Seed Production
  • Rice Variety Performance and Agronomic Characteristics
  • Other Varieties
  • Kernel Classification and Cooking Qualities

3 - Rice Stand Establishment

  • Seeding Rate
  • Seed Treatments
  • Seeding Date and Soil Temperatures
  • Tillage and Post Seeding Management
  • Research References

4 - Water-Seeded Rice

  • Field Preparation
  • Methods of Presoaking
  • Fertility
  • Weed Control
  • Insect Control

5 - DD50 Computerized Rice Management Program

  • How to Use the D D 50
  • Uses of the D D 50
  • Explanation of the D D 50 Printout
  • Growth Stages
  • Herbicides
  • Other

6 - Rice Weed Control

  • Herbicide Resistance Management
  • Grass Weed Control
  • Propanil
  • Residual Herbicides
  • Bolero 8E
  • Prowl 3.3 E C
  • Facet 75 D F
  • Molinate (Ordram 15 G and RiceCue 15 G)
  • Command 3 M E
  • Broadleaf and Aquatic Weed Control
  • Basagran, Blazer and Storm
  • Londax 60 D F
  • Permit
  • Grandstand - R 3 S L
  • 2,4-D
  • Aquatic Weed Control
  • Harvest Aids - Sodium Chlorate
  • Weed Identification

7 - Chemical Application

  • Pesticides
  • Ground-Based Soil Applications
  • Aerial Soil Applications
  • Ground-Based Postemergence  Applications
  • Aerial Postemergence Appications
  • Fertilizers
  • Ground Applied
  • Aerially Applied
  • Material Property Effects
  • General Recommendations
  • References

8 - Efficient Use of Fertilizer

  • Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates
  • Maximizing N Utilization
  • Dry Seeding
  • Early N Application and Management
  • Midseason N Application and Management

  • Midseason N Management with the Rice Gauge

  • Water Seeding - Pinpoint Flood
  • Conservation of No-Till Systems
  • Soil Sampling and Soil Analysis
  • Sulfur
  • Phosphorus and Potassium
  • Phosphorus
  • Potassium
  • Liming
  • Zinc
  • Preplant and Delayed-Pre Zn Application 

  • Preflood Applications
  • Salvage Treatment for Zn Deficiency
  • Salinity
  • Management of Saline Soils
  • Diagnostic Soil and Plant Tissue Sampling

  • Fertilization and Management of Precision Graded Soils
  • General Fertility
  • Rate of Litter
  • Management Tips

9 – Water Management

  • Determining Water Needs
  • Determining Pump Flow
  • Pumping Cost
  • Irrigation Water Quality
  • Sprinkler Irrigated Rice
  • Land Grading
  • Establishing Levees
  • Water Delivery to Fields
  • Multiple Inlet Irrigation
  • Well Operation
  • Keys to Water Management Success
  • Critical Water Management Situations

10 – Management of Rice Diseases

  • Sheath Blight
  • Blast
  • Stem Rot
  • Crown (Black) Sheath Rot
  • Kernel Smut
  • False Smut
  • Bacterial Panicle Blight
  • Brown Spot
  • Straighthead
  • Autumn Decline or Akiochi
  • Narrow Brown Leaf Spot
  • Other Minor Diseases

11 – Rice Insects

  • Major Pests of Rice
  • Rice Water Weevil
  • Rice Stink Bug
  • Minor Rice Insects
  • Grape Colaspis
  • Armyworm
  • Aphids: reenbug and Bird Cherry-Oat Aphid
  • Rice Stalk Borer
  • Billbug
  • Rice Seed Midges
  • Grasshoppers
  • Fall Armyworm
  • Chinch Bug

12 – Maintaining Yield and Grain Qualityy

  • Harvesting
  • Grain Moisture
  • Head Rice Yield
  • Foreign Matter
  • Rice Grades
  • Rice Stripper Headers
  • Stripper Operation
  • Stripper Adjustments
  • Thresher Speed
  • Separation
  • Combine Diagnostics
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Combine Loss Monitors
  • Yield Monitors
  • Safe Operation and Overall Combine Management
  • Estimating Field Loss
  • References

13 – Rice Drying on the Farm

14 – Rice Research Verification Trials 

Selected Terms Used in the Rice Industry 

Editor

Dr. Nathan A. Slaton, Extension Agronomist - Rice

Contributing Authors

    Rice Production Handbook Committee

Dr. Ford L. Baldwin, Extension Weed Scientist, State Extension Office, P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203

Dr. John L. Bernhardt, Research Associate in Entomology, Rice Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 351, Stuttgart, AR 72160

Dr. Rick D. Cartwright, Extension Plant Pathologist, State Extension Office, P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203

Dr. Dennis Gardisser, Extension Agricultural Engineer, State Extension Office, P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203

Dr. James Gibbons, Assistant Professor, Rice Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 351, Stuttgart, AR 72160

Mr. Gary Huitink, Extension Agricultural Engineer, State Extension Office, P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203

Mr. Brad Koen, Area Extension Agronomist - Rice, Rice Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 351, Stuttgart, AR 72160

Dr. Fleet N. Lee, Professor - Plant Pathology, Rice Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 351, Stuttgart, AR 72160

Dr. Dave M. Miller, Associate Professor - Agronomy, University of Arkansas, AGRI 106, Fayetteville, AR 72701

Dr. Karen Moldenhauer, Professor - Rice Breeding, Rice Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 351, Stuttgart, AR 72160

Dr. Richard J. Norman, Professor, University of Arkansas, 115 Plant Science, Fayetteville, AR 72701

Dr. Terry Siebenmorgen, Professor, University of Arkansas, ENGR 223, Fayetteville, AR 72701

Dr. Nathan Slaton, Extension Agronomist - Rice, Rice Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 351, Stuttgart, AR 72160

Mr. Phil Tacker, Extension AgMr. Phil Tacker, Extension Agricultural Engineer, State Extension Office, P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203

Dr. Earl Vories, Associate Professor, Northeast Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 48, Keiser, AR 72351

Dr. Charles Wilson, Jr., Extension Rice Specialist, Southeast Research and Extension Center, P. O. Box 3508, Monticello, AR 71656

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