When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of rice cultivars - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rice_cultivars

    Rice can come in many shapes, colours and sizes. This is a list of rice cultivars, also known as rice varieties.There are several species of grain called rice. [1] Asian rice (Oryza sativa) is most widely known and most widely grown, with two major subspecies (indica and japonica) and over 40,000 varieties. [2]

  3. List of rice dishes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rice_dishes

    This is a list of rice dishes from all over the world, arranged alphabetically. Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain , it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia and the West Indies .

  4. Oryza sativa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oryza_sativa

    Oryza sativa subsp. japonica Shig.Kato. Oryza segetalis Russell ex Steud. 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 ...

  5. Rice - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice

    Rice grains of different varieties at the International Rice Research Institute. 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. Upland rice - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upland_rice

    Upland rice, by contrast, is primarily rain-fed or lightly irrigated and is not reliant on flooded conditions. This category includes both specially bred varieties that are drought-tolerant and traditional rice varieties that have adapted to drier environment. [2] Nearly 100 million people depend on upland rice as their daily staple food.

  7. Rice as food - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_as_food

    Rice is commonly consumed as food around the world. It occurs in long-, medium-, and short-grained types. It is the staple food of over half the world's population.. Hazards associated with rice consumption include arsenic from the soil, and Bacillus cereus which can grow in poorly-stored cooked rice, and cause food poisoning.

  8. History of rice cultivation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rice_cultivation

    Rice is the major food amongst all the ethnic groups in Nepal. In the Terai, most rice varieties are cultivated during the rainy season. The principal rice growing season, known as "Berna-Bue Charne", is from June to July when water is sufficient for only a part of the fields; the subsidiary season, known as "Ropai" is from April to September ...

  9. Japanese rice - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rice

    Japanese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of Japonica rice including ordinary rice (uruchimai) and glutinous rice (mochigome). Ordinary Japanese rice, or uruchimai (粳米), is the staple of the Japanese diet and consists of short translucent grains. When cooked, it has a sticky texture such that it can easily be picked up and ...