Monograph on genus Oryza.

Critical botanical review of species of rice new contribution to the systematic study of the genus Oryza species of genus Oryza and their interrelationsips genepools in genus Oryza molecular approaches in the evolutionary studies and speciation in genus Oryza - present status genome research in genus Oryza chromosome research in genus Oryza exploration, collection and conservation of wild Oryza species utilization of wild species of the genus Oryza in rice improvement origin of cultivated rices antiquity and spread of rice cultivation. Appendices: revised key to species in genus Oryza nomenclatural confusions in genes Oryza Porteresia coarctata - scope and limitations of of utilization in rice improvement.