Citation: Gurdev S Khush. 2002. Rice improvement: past, present, and future. Pages 17-42. In:

MS Kang (editor), Crop Improvement-Challenges in the Twenty-First Century. Food ProductsPress, Inc., New York. ISBN: 1560229047

Keywords: Oryza sativa, post-green revolution varieties, short growth duration, multiple disease and insect resistance, grain quality, blast, bacterial blight, grassy stunt, tungro, green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens, yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas, gall midge Orseolia oryzae, cooking quality, yield, tolerance to abiotic stresses, combination of desirable traits, impact of modern varieties, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, trends in world rice production, food price,