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Oryza sativa is the most common of the two rice species cultivated as a cereal, the other species being O. glaberrima, African rice. It was first domesticated in the Yangtze River basin in China 13,500 to 8,200 years ago. Oryza sativa belongs to the genus Oryza and the BOP clade in the grass family Poaceae.
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Indoryza A.N.Henry & B.Roy. Oryza is a genus of plants in...
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Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or, much less commonly, O. glaberrima (African rice). Asian rice was domesticated in China some 13,500 to 8,200 years ago, while African rice was domesticated in Africa some 3,000 years ago.
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Apr 9, 2024 · rice, ( Oryza sativa ), edible starchy cereal grain and the grass plant (family Poaceae) by which it is produced. Roughly one-half of the world population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia, is wholly dependent upon rice as a staple food; 95 percent of the world’s rice crop is eaten by humans.
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Oryza sativa. O arroz (constituído por sete espécies, Oryza barthii, Oryza glaberrima, Oryza latifolia, Oryza longistaminata, Oryza punctata, Oryza rufipogon e Oryza sativa) é uma planta da família das gramíneas que alimenta mais da metade da população humana do mundo. É a terceira maior cultura cerealífera do mundo, apenas ...
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...
- Rafal M. Gutaker, Simon C. Groen, Emily S. Bellis, Jae Y. Choi, Inês S. Pires, Inês S. Pires, R. Kyl...
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Value Class Food Cover; High: Average 25-50% of diet: Regular source of cover: Low: 5-10% of diet: Infrequently used as cover: Minor: 2-5% of diet: Sparsely used as cover
Plant description. Asian rice is a grass which can grow to over a metre tall (between 90-150cm). Its upright stem is composed of a series of nodes from which slim leaves grow. The sheaths which enclose the base of the leaves are smooth and hairless. Rice grain grows on branch-like spikes that arch over. Read the scientific profile on Asian rice.
