Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice)—or, much less commonly, Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

6 days ago · Rice, edible starchy cereal grain and the plant by which it is produced. Roughly one-half of the world population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia, is wholly dependent upon rice as a staple food; 95 percent of the world’s rice crop is eaten by humans.

Rice is a very flexible/adaptable plant that grows well under both flooded and rainfed conditions. The plant comprises vegetative organs: roots, stems, leaves, and reproductive organs; the latter is the panicle made up of spikelets.

Mar 16, 2015 · Rice is a food crop that is included as an important part of a meal across the world. It belongs to the "Poaceae" family and is cultivated as an agricultural crop with an annual yield of about 535 million tons. This article describes the rice plant in detail.

Feb 26, 2025 · You can grow rice at home without having to flood your garden. The best kinds of rice to grow in your garden are 'Loto' Upland', 'Hayayuki' Upland, Duborskian', and Scarlett'. You can plant rice in your garden anytime from March to October.

Rice is cultivated differently than other grains because it is a semi-aquatic plant that requires consistent irrigation all season to grow. Heavy clay and silt loam soils that are often ill-suited to other crops retain water very well, making them perfect for rice.

Oryza sativa, having the common name Asian cultivated rice, [2] is the much more common of the two rice species cultivated as a cereal, the other species being O. glaberrima, African rice. It was first domesticated in the Yangtze River basin in China 13,500 to 8,200 years ago.

Feb 19, 2025 · Rice is an annual grass plant that thrives in Asia and parts of Africa. It will grow in moist, boggy soil , but waterlogged soil is not essential. Most commercial rice is grown in a flooded field, called a paddy, to prevent weed seeds from germinating and overtaking the rice.

Rice (Oryza sativa) is normally an annual, monocot plant, belonging to the Poaceae (Gramineae) family. We grow the grass species Oryza in order to collect the seeds (rice) for edible use. In most cases, rice is an annual plant.