Cerealor Sugar Case Studies.

... Title: Cerealor Sugar Case Studies - Rice Date: 21.11.01 Botany Rice is a semiaquatic, annual grass of the family Graminae, genus Oryza. It has a panicle inflorescence with one floret per spikelet (Marshall & Wadsworth., 1993). Furthermore, it has a perfect flower (both male and female), which consists of two interlocking hulls, six anthers and a single ovary. Most importantly, rice is naturally self-pollinating (Marshall & Wadsworth., 1993). Rice growers in some countries such as USA use pure line cultivars whereas most of them in China use hybridisation. Taxonomy Cultivated rice is referring to either Oryza sativa L. or Oryza glaberrima Steud (Marshall & Wadsworth., 1993). However, O. sativa is the predominant species and O. glaberrima is grown only in Africa on a limited scale (Marshall & Wadsworth., 1993). Oryza sativa is a tremendously variable species whish has worldwide distribution. Kato et al. (1928) classified these varieties into indica, the tropical race and

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