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Apr 9, 2024 · Rice noodles, common in East Asian cuisine. The harvested rice kernel, known as paddy, or rough, rice, is enclosed by the hull, or husk. Milling usually removes both the hull and bran layers of the kernel, and a coating of glucose and talc is sometimes applied to give the kernel a glossy finish. Rice that is processed to remove only the husks ...
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The origin of Oryza sativa rice domestication has been a subject of much debate among those who study crop history and anthropology – whether rice originated in India or China. Asian rice, Oryza sativa, is one of oldest crop species. It has tens of thousands of varieties and two major subspecies, japonica and indica.
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Nov 1, 2020 · Abstract. Rice forms the staple diet of about half of the population all over the world and is the world’s largest food crop. The domestication of rice began centuries ago, and currently Oryza glaberrima and O. sativa are the two species grown globally. The history of the domestication of rice can be traced back to 10,000 years ago when the ...
- Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Devarajan Thangadurai, Lawrence Stephen Fayeun, Jonathan Akinsola Akinwale, Jas...
- 2020
Like all crops, rice depends for its growth on both biotic and abiotic environmental factors. The principal biotic factors are crop variety, pests, and plant diseases. Abiotic factors include the soil type, whether lowland or upland, amount of rain or irrigation water, temperature, day length, and intensity of sunlight.
Oct 29, 2014 · Asian civilization was built on rice — on Oryza sativa, to be exact. The crop, which today is the primary food source for half of the world's population, transformed nomadic hunter-gatherers ...
May 15, 2020 · Rice ( Oryza sativa) is one of the world’s most important food crops, and is comprised largely of japonica and indica subspecies. Here, we reconstruct the history of rice dispersal in Asia using ...
- Rafal M. Gutaker, Simon C. Groen, Emily S. Bellis, Jae Y. Choi, Inês S. Pires, Inês S. Pires, R. Kyl...
- 2020
Oct 3, 2012 · The puzzles about rice domestication include: (1) where the geographic origin of cultivated rice was, (2) which types of O. rufipogon served as its direct wild progenitor, and (3) whether the two ...
