Oryza sativa

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf cereal crop
domesticated species
plant species
authority Linnaeus
belongsToSubfamily Ehrhartoideae
binomialName Oryza sativa
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 Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
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 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

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