**Meet the editors**

Dr. Farooq Shah is a Pakistani scientist whose research interests mainly include crop response to climatic changes, especially an increase in temperature. He attained his PhD degree from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, with specialization in Agronomy. He has more than 50 research articles to his credit, which are published in highly reputed journals. He is the editorial board member

and reviewer of several peer-reviewed SCI journals. Among other honors, he was selected for the Mevlana Exchange Program under which he taught at Osmangazi University, Turkey. He also participated in hybrid rice promotion training for Pakistan organized by the Yuan Longping Hitech International Center in China. Dr. Shah is a member of the National Curriculum Revision Committee constituted by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan for Agronomy and several other international professional societies. Presently, he is engaged in teaching plus research at the Department of Agriculture, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan.

Dr. Zafar Hayat Khan is an agronomist and is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan. After completing his doctorate in 2011, he joined the university as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy. He has been teaching agricultural subjects to undergraduate students in the department. He is also

supervising undergraduate students in their research and internships. His main focus is on research related to the best agronomic practices and modern technologies to grow productive crops. During his career he has done research on numerous aspects of crop growth, development and yield in major crops of North-West Pakistan such as wheat, maize, rice, sweet corn, and tobacco. Most of his scientific work is published in peer-reviewed journals of repute.

Dr. Amjad Iqbal is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan. He attained his Master's from the University of Ghent, Belgium, and his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK, both in Biological Sciences. He started his professional career at Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture, UK, in 2010 and then proceeded

to Pakistan as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Iqbal has published research articles in highly reputed journals; he has also reviewed many articles for SCI journals and is a member of the editorial boards of several journals. Dr. Iqbal attained his post-doctorates from the UK and China and served a year as a Talented Young Scientist in the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Wenchang, Hainan, People's Republic of China.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 1 **Anther Culture as a Supplementary Tool for Rice Breeding 1** D.M. Ruwani G. Mayakaduwa and Tara D. Silva

Chapter 2 **Genetic Analysis of Biofortification of Micronutrient Breeding**

Andrew De-Xian Kok, Low Lee Yoon, Rogayah Sekeli, Wee Chien

Chapter 3 **Iron Biofortification of Rice: Progress and Prospects 25**

Yeong, Zetty Norhana Balia Yusof and Lai Kok Song

Chapter 4 **Improving Rice Grain Quality by Enhancing Accumulation of**

Chapter 5 **Rice Production with Furrow Irrigation in the Mississippi River**

Gene Stevens, Matthew Rhine and Jim Heiser

Chapter 6 **Rice Crop Rotation: A Solution for Weed Management 83**

Chapter 7 **Microwave Weed and Soil Treatment in Rice Production 99** Muhammad Jamal Khan and Graham Ian Brodie

**Iron and Zinc While Minimizing Cadmium and Lead 45**

Ananda Scherner, Fábio Schreiber, André Andres, Germani Concenço, Matheus Bastos Martins and Andressa Pitol

Josefine Kant, Takuma Ishizaki, Juan Pariasca-Tanaka, Terry Rose,

**in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) 17**

Savitha Palanisamy

Lei Gao and Jie Xiong

**Delta Region of the USA 69**

Chapter 8 **Phosphorus Efficient Phenotype of Rice 129**

Matthias Wissuwa and Michelle Watt
