Mar Catala-Forner

Oct 11, 2023 | mdpi.com | Gloria Escola |Víctor M. González-Miguel |Sonia Campo |Mar Catala-Forner

1. IntroductionRice is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population. It belongs to the genus Oryza which includes two independently domesticated species, Oryza sativa (Asian rice) and Oryza glaberrima (African rice). Most of the cultivated rice varieties belong to the O. sativa group which comprises indica and japonica subspecies [1]. Whereas indica varieties are mainly cultivated in tropical environments, japonica subspecies are grown in temperate regions. O.