Irrigated Rice Research Consortium
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Accomplishments
- Conducted studies of the effect of water management on the ecology and
control of the grass weeds of rice, especially Echinochloa crus-galli
- Continued work on the emerging problem of wild and weedy rice management
and control in China, Malaysia, and Vietnam
- Continued work on weed species shifts in relation to agronomic and weed
management practices, particularly direct seeding of rice
- Continued evaluating weed management in rice-wheat bed planting and
no-till systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
- Developed weed management systems for T-Aman and Boro crops in Bangladesh
- Evaluated weed management systems in minimum tillage systems in Vietnam
- Evaluated weed management systems in rice rotation systems in the
Philippines
The Labor Productivity WG's accomplishments by country are outlined in the figure
below. The circles represent accomplishments made by specific countries.
More recent achievements of
the Work Group are featured in the following stories:
Weedy rice attacks Asia's
direct-seeded rice
Weedy rice brochure
unveiled!
Weed management
becomes integrated in Myanmar
Direct seeding of rice
gets warm approval in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
Direct seeding and weed control for rainfed and irrigated rice in
northwest Bangladesh
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