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Asian Cultivated Rice
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Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa is a type of grass that belongs to the genus Oryza and the BOP clade in the grass family Poaceae. It is widely cultivated as a cereal.
#cultivated-crop#cereal#model-organism
- Leaf type:
- Long and flat
- Growth rate:
- Fast
- •genome consisting of 430 Mbp across 12 chromosomes
Grows in flooded fields or well-drained soil
- Natural habitat:
- Tropical and subtropical regions
- Geographic distribution:
- Asia, Africa, and the Americas
Region: Mediterranean to Asia
