What is rice?

What kind of crop is rice

Rice refers to both water-soluble rice and upland rice, which is an important food crop. The seeds of the plant are called "paddy rice", and after removing the husk, it becomes "rice". It is one of the important food crops for mankind, and nearly half of the world's population relies on rice for food.

Rice is also an important cereal crop. It is native to China and India and has a cultivation history of 7,000 years in my country. It is widely planted in the Yangtze River Basin of my country and is also a direct cash crop.

What is rice?

Rice is also called glutinous rice and japonica rice, which generally refers to rice. It is a plant of the monocotyledonous plant class, Poaceae family, and genus Oryza. It is an annual aquatic herb. The southern provinces and regions of my country are the main rice-producing areas, and a small amount is also planted in the northern provinces.

Appearance and characteristics of rice

Rice is an annual herb with a plant height of about 50-100 cm. The root system of the plant is beard-like, thin, short and numerous. After the rice ears grow, they will bloom 200-300 rice flowers, each of which will form a grain of rice. The fruit is slender and has poor stickiness. The leaves are slender, rough and hairy, about 50-100 cm in length. The hairs on the rice grain shells are sparse and short.