C. Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, and Robert H. Dilday, Rice Research and Extension Center, University of Arkansas, Stuttgart, AR.C. Wayne Smith, editor of the Wiley series on Crops and co-editor of this volume of the series, received his doctorate in 1978 from the University of Tennessee and joined Texas A&M as a professor in 1986. Robert Dilday is a research geneticist with the USDA-ARS at the University of Arkansas.

• Preface. Contributors. SECTION I: ORIGIN AND HISTORY. Chapter 1.1: Origin, Domestication, and Diversification (Te-TzuChang). Chapter 1.2: Biosystematics of the Genus Oryza (Duncan A. Vaughanand Hiroko Morishima). Chapter 1.3: American Rice Industry: Historical Overview ofProduction and Marketing (Henry C. Dethloff). Chapter 1.4: Origin and Characteristics of U.S. Rice Cultivars(David J. Mackill and Kent S. McKenzie). SECTION II: THE RICE PLANT. Chapter 2.1: Rice Morphology and Development (Karen A. K.Moldenhauer and Julia H. Gibbons). Chapter 2.2: Rice Physiology (Paul A. Counce, David R. Gealy, andShi-Jean Susana Sung). Chapter 2.3: Genetics, Cytogenetics, Mutation, and Beyond (GeorgiaC. Eizenga and J. Neil Rutger). Chapter 2.4: Techniques for Development of New Cultivars (AnnaMyers McClung). Chapter 2.5: Rice Biotechnology (Thomas H. Tai). Chapter 2.6: Studies on Rice Allelochemicals (Agnes M. Rimando andStephen O. Duke). SECTION III: PRODUCTION. Chapter 3.1: Global Rice Production (Bobby Coats). Chapter 3.2: Rice Production (Joseph E. Street and Patrick K.Bollich). Chapter 3.3: Rice Soils: Physical and Chemical Characteristics andBehavior (H. Don Scott, David M. Miller, and Fabrice G.Renaud). Chapter 3.4: Soil Fertilization and Mineral Nutrition in U.S.Mechanized Rice Culture (Richard J. Norman, Charles E. Wilson, Jr.,and Nathan A. Slaton). Chapter 3.5: Rice Diseases (Don Groth and Fleet Lee). Chapter 3.6: Rice Arthropod Pests and Their Management in theUnited States (M. O. Way). Chapter 3.7: Rice Weed Control (Andy Kendig, Bill Williams, and C.Wayne Smith). Chapter 3.8: Rice Marketing (Gail L. Cramer, Kenneth B. Young, andEric J. Wailes). SECTION IV: PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT PROCESSING. Chapter 4.1: Rice Harvesting (Graeme R. Quick). Chapter 4.2: Rice Storage (Terry A. Howell, Jr.). Chapter 4.3: Rough Rice Drying and Milling Quality (Terry J.Siebenmorgan, Wade Yang, Rustico Bautista, and Auke Cnossen). SECTION V: GERMPLASM RESOURCES. Chapter 5.1: Germplasm Collection, Preservation, and Utilization(Harold E. Bockelman, Robert H. Dilday, Wengui Yan, and Darrell M.Wesenberg). Index.