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Rice, a staple food of half the world’s population (Pans 1970), grows and yields better in flooded than in nonflooded soils.Therefore, rice is generally cultivated under flooded conditions.
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Sethunathan, N. (1973). Microbial degradation of insecticides in flooded soil and in anaerobic cultures. In: Gunther, F.A., Gunther, J.D. (eds) Residue Reviews. Residue Reviews/Rückstands-Berichte, vol 47. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8488-9_3
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