Rice plants take around 3—6 months to grow from seeds to mature plants, depending on the variety and environmental conditions. They undergo three general growth phases: vegetative,
Rice plants are similar to other grasses and grains such as oats and wheat. The key difference is that they can grow in standing water
Two rice species are important cereals for human nutrition: Oryza sativa, grown worldwide, and O. glaberrima, grown in parts of West Africa. These two cultigens–species
The Oryza genus is thought to have originated about 14 million years ago in what is now SouthEast Asia and the Philippines. Since then, it has
Aside from the two cultivated species of rice – Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima – the Oryza genus includes about another 20 other species, although the
Zizania — a genus of wild grasses from North America and China — is commonly known as “wild rice”, despite its rather distant relationship to the