This manual provides a step-by-step guide to producing high-quality rice from planting to postharvest. Inside this 141-page guide you'll find information on:

• Rice quality considerations in the global market.

• Choosing the correct variety.

• Cultural practices.

• Harvest procedures.

• Effects of weather conditions at harvest.

• Drying methods.

• Effects of temperature and moisture content on quality.

• Controlling insects during storage.

• Controlling the growth of molds and bacteria.

While written with the California's Mediterranean climate in mind, growers, buyers, and operators of dryers, warehouses, and processing operations in similar environments will benefit from this handbook.

Illustrated with 39 colour photographs, 58 graphs, and 35 line drawings. An English-metric conversion chart and an index round out this essential manual.