African Rice

.- Section 1: Introduction.

.- Chapter 1-Sketching out African Rice Species (Oryza glaberrima Steud.).

.- Section 2: African Rice: Its Botanical, Physiological and Morphological Characteristics.

.- Chapter 2-Response of African Rice to Abiotic Environments.

.- Chapter 3-Response to Biotic Environments I (Disease).

.- Chapter 4-Response to Biotic Environments II (Insects and Other Constraints).

.- Chapter 5-Traits Worth to be Utilized Other Than Physiological Responses to Environmental Factors.

.- Section 3: Varietal Development Exploiting African Rice.

.- Chapter 6-Supporting the Conservation and Accelerated Use of African Rice in Breeding Using Genetic and Genomic Technologies.

.- Chapter 7-Interspecific Breeding of African Rice with Asian Rice and Intraspecific Breeding of African Rice.

.- Chapter 8-Wild Rice Species Indigenous in Africa and Their Use in Varietal Development for Africa and beyond Africa.

.- Section 4: African Rice and African People.

.- Chapter 9-Orphan Food Crop for People in Africa.

.- Chapter 10-History of African rice: Phylogenetics, Domestication, Dispersal, Abundance and In-situ Conservation.

.- Chapter 11-Economic Values, Adoption and Impact of African Rice.

.- Chapter 12-Understanding the Socioeconomic Factors Influencing the Willingness to Pay for African Rice Seed and Investment in the In-situ Conservation by Rice Farmers.

.- Section 5: Conclusion.

.- Chapter 13-What Has Been and Will Be African Rice for People in Africa?.