Contents: Part I. Research: 1. Rainfed lowland rice research in India-perspectives and future projections/S. Mallik. 2. Recent advances in production technology of flood-prone lowland rice in Eastern India/A.R. Sharma. 3. Biological fertilizers for sustainable rice (Oryza Sativa) production/S. Kannaiyan. 4. Nutrient management for rainfed lowland rice (Oryza Sativa)/B.C. Ghosh. 5. Biodiversity in the genus Oryza and it utilization in rice breeding/N.M. Nayar. 6. Towards nitrogen fixing rice (Oryza Sativa )/M. Mahadevappa and V.V. Shenoy. 7. An overview on green manuring in rice-based cropping systems/S.P. Palaniappan. 8. Rainfed rice-based 3-crop systems with Paira/Utera crops in West Bengal/N. R. Das. 9. Studies to develop appropriate techniques for growing direct seeded rice/Ganajaxi, V.V. Angadi and S. Rajkumara. 10. Studies on agronomic practices to maximize the rice (Oryza Sativa L.) yield under irrigated conditions in mid hill zone of Himachal Pradesh/A.D. Bindra and B.D. Kalia. 11. Studies on genetic variability for some quantitative characters in rice (Oryza Sativa L.)/R.K. Yadav. 12. Effect of graded levels of nitrogen and dates of transplanting on growth, yield and yield attributes of scented rice/A.D. Bindra, B.D. Kalia and S. Kumar. 13. Effect of Ravi Paira crops, on succeeding pre-Kharif crop production and economics, under rainfed conditions in West Bengal/N.R. Das and S. Mandal. 14. Effect of genotypes and planting patterns of productivity of rice (Oryza Sativa) and pigeonpea (Cajanus Cajan) intercropping system/Ganajaxi, V.V. Angadi, Yashoda Hegde and H.D. Mohan Kumar. Indexes.

Part II. Management: 1. Role of pathogenesis related proteins (pr-proteins) in rice (Oryza Sativa) disease management/R. Viswanathan R. Nandakumar, S. Babu, T. Raguchander and R. Samiyappan. 2. Bacterial diseases of rice/P.R. Reddy. 3. An economic analysis of paddy storage in East U.P./Ramesh Singh and B.D. Shukla. 4. Laboratory studies of some cyanobacteria and their effect on the productivity of two temperate rice varieties/M.D. Rather. 5. Allelopathic research on rice seeds in Chhattisgarh (India) region an overview/P. Oudhia and R.S. Tripathi. 6. Effect of phosphorus fertilization in inorganic P fractions of an inceptisol under rice-wheat cropping system/Sanjay Kumar, R.D. Sharma and T.A. Singh. 7. Study on knowledge level of farmers on improved practices on drill paddy cultivation/Syed Sadaqath, M.S. Nagaraj and M.K. Shaikh. 8. Rainfall analysis and designing cropping pattern for Madurai region/S. Kannan, R. Babu, R. Balasubramanian, S. Gurumurthy and V. Thirumurugan. 9. Effect of cropping systems and weed control practices on weed growth and rice equivalent yield/A.K. Gogoi, D.J. Rajkhowa and R. Kandali. 10. Effect of tillage practices and pre-emergence herbicides application for weed control in wet-seeded rice/S. Gnanasambandan and P. Balakrishna Murthy. 11. Rainfed rice cultivation as influenced by varieties, weed management and sowing dates/K. Saroch and R.C. Thakur. 12. Ecology of blue green algae in paddy fields of Kashmir/M.D. Rather. 13. Integrated management of blast of rice caused by Magnaporthe Grisea under direct seeded condition in Karnataka/Yashoda Hegde, H.D. Mohan Kumar, Ganajaxi and V.V. Angadi. 14. Effect of date of sowing on the incidence of false smut of rice/Yashoda Hegde, K.H. Anahosur and Srikant Kulkarni. 15. Evaluation of aromatic rice genotypes against blast/Yashoda R. Hegde and H.D. Mohan Kumar. 16. Chemical control of leaf scald of rice caused by Gerlachia Oryzae/Yashoda Hegde and Ganajaxi. 17. Management of blast of rice/Yashoda R. Hegde and I.K. Kalappanavar. 18. Influence of weather parameters on the incidence of false smut of rice/Yashoda Hegde, K.H. Anahosur and Srikant Kulkarni. 19. Effect of method of planting on the incidence of brown spot of rice/Yashoda R. Hegde, Ganajaxi and V.V. Angadi. Indexes.