Sentences with phrase «grained varieties indica»

Scientists used to think modern rice, Oryza sativa, was domesticated twice: sticky, short - grained japonica rice was domesticated in China, and in India, rice was domesticated into long - grained varieties indica and aus.

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Scientists from Japan and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have discovered a rice gene that in preliminary testing increased production by 13 - 36 % in modern long - grain indica rice varieties — the world's most widely grown types of rice.
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