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      Banaue Rice Terraces in Northern Luzon, Philippines
Photo by Susan McCouch


  • Common name - rice
  • Family - Poaceae or Gramineae
  • Subfamily - Bambusoideae or Ehrhartoideae
  • Tribe - Oryzeae
  • Genus - Oryza
  • Species - Oryza sativa
  • *2005 World Production - 683,255,476 Mt
  • *2005 World Harvest - 153,546,398 Ha
  • **Genome size - 415-460 Mb
  • Chromosome number - 12
  • 2n = 24
  • Photosynthetic pathway - C3
      
Photo by Molly Fogleman

* Data obtained from FAOSTAT 2006
**Arumuganathan, K., and E. Earle, 1991. "Nuclear DNA Content of Some Important Plant Species." Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, v9, 208-218. (Gramene Reference ID 8392)


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