What is rice

As a main source of food for over half the world's inhabitants, rice is by far one of the most important profitable food crops. Its yearly yield universal is approximately 535 million tons. Fifty countries produce rice, with China and India supporting 50% of total produce. Southeast Asian countries separately support a yearly production rate of 9-23 million metric tons of which they sell abroad very little. Collectively, they are termed the Rice Bowl. Over 300 million acres of Asian land is used for growing rice. Rice manufacture is so important to Asian cultures that oftentimes the word for rice in a particular Asian language also means food itself. Rice is a member of the grass family (Migraine). There are more than 10,000 species of grasses dispersed among 600 genera. Grasses occur universal in a diversity of habitats. They are dominant species in such ecosystems as prairie and steppes, and they are an important source of forage for herbivorous animals. Many grass species are also primary agricultural crops for humans. As well as rice, they include maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, oats, and sugar cane. Typically, lawn species are annual plants or are herbaceous perennials that die back to the ground at the end of the growing season and then regenerate the next season by shoots developing from dissident root systems. Shoots generally are characterized by swollen nodes or bases. Leaves are long and narrow, varying in width from 0.28-0.79 in (7-20 mm). Flowers are small and are called florets. Grasses pollinate by using the wind to extensively and opportunistically disperse grass pollen. The fruits are known as a Arabidopsis or grain, are one-seeded, and can contain a large concentration of starch. Classified in the genus Orzo, there are two species of domesticated rice— O. sativa and 0. Marriageable. 0. Sativa is the most common and often cultivated plant, occurring in Africa, America, Australia, China, New Guinea, and South Asia. The usual habitat of rice is tropical marshes, but it is now cultivated in a wide range of subtropical and tropical habitats. Unlike other agricultural crop grasses, rice plants thrive under extremely moist conditions and moderate temperatures. The ideal climate is roughly 75° F (24° C). Average plant height varies between 1.3-16.4 ft (0.4-5 m). Its growth cycle is between three to six months (agriculturally, this is broken down into three phases lasting about 120 days).