Oryza sativa

E39749
cereal crop domesticated species plant species

Oryza sativa is the domesticated Asian rice species that serves as a staple food crop for over half of the world’s population.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Oryza sativa canonical 16
Oryza sativa indica 3
Oryza sativa subsp. indica 2

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cereal crop ⓘ
domesticated species ⓘ
plant species ⓘ
authority Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
surface form: Linnaeus
belongsToSubfamily Ehrhartoideae ⓘ
binomialName Oryza sativa self-link ⓘ
carbohydrateContent high starch content ⓘ
centerOfDomestication China ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
chromosomeNumber 24 ⓘ
class Liliopsida ⓘ
climatePreference subtropical ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
commonName Asian rice ⓘ
rice ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
domesticatedFrom wild Oryza species ⓘ
domesticationTrait increased grain size ⓘ
non-shattering spikelets ⓘ
economicImportance major global food crop ⓘ
family Poaceae ⓘ
genomeSize approximately 430 megabase pairs ⓘ
genus Oryza ⓘ
grainType caryopsis ⓘ
growsIn irrigated lowlands ⓘ
paddy fields ⓘ
rainfed uplands ⓘ
hasVariety aromatic rice ⓘ
aus rice ⓘ
glutinous rice ⓘ
indica rice ⓘ
japonica rice ⓘ
improvedBy Green Revolution breeding programs ⓘ
isModelOrganism yes ⓘ
isStapleFoodFor over half of the world population ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
majorProducerCountry People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
nativeTo Asia ⓘ
order Poales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
phylum Tracheophyta ⓘ
ploidy diploid ⓘ
pollination mainly self-pollinated ⓘ
primaryProduct rice grain ⓘ
primaryUse human food ⓘ
proteinContent about 7 percent of grain weight ⓘ
seedDispersal human-mediated ⓘ
subspecies Oryza sativa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oryza sativa subsp. indica

Oryza sativa subsp. japonica ⓘ
susceptibleTo bacterial leaf blight ⓘ
brown planthopper ⓘ
rice blast disease ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usedInResearchField crop improvement ⓘ
plant genetics ⓘ
plant molecular biology ⓘ
yearDescribed 1753 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Rice Research Institute → primaryCrop → Oryza sativa ⓘ
William Marsh Rice → familyName → Oryza sativa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rice
Allen Thorndike Rice → familyName → Oryza sativa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rice
IR8 rice variety → cropSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
subject surface form: IR8
Oryza sativa → binomialName → Oryza sativa self-link ⓘ
Oryza sativa → subspecies → Oryza sativa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oryza sativa subsp. indica
IR36 rice variety → cropSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
subject surface form: IR36
IR36 rice variety → subspecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
subject surface form: IR36
this entity surface form: Oryza sativa indica
Oryza glaberrima → comparedTo → Oryza sativa ⓘ
IR64 rice variety → hasSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
subject surface form: IR64
IR64 rice variety → hasSubspecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
subject surface form: IR64
this entity surface form: Oryza sativa subsp. indica
Liliopsida → includesSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Carolina Gold rice → species → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Carolina Gold rice → subspecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oryza sativa indica
IR8 → cropSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Peta → cropSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Poaceae → includes → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Ehrhartoideae → includesTaxon → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Oryza → typeSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Oryza → hasCultivatedSpecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
Oryza → hasGenomeSequencedFor → Oryza sativa ⓘ
International Rice 64 → species → Oryza sativa ⓘ
International Rice 64 → subspecies → Oryza sativa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oryza sativa indica