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Rice
* Is a semi-aquatic member of the grass family.
* Most rice contains vitamins.
* Most rice has grain
  - long grain
* Most rice is consumed in the country where it is produced
  - enriched with iron, niacin, thiamin and folic acid
  - grown under flooded conditions, with fields drained two to three weeks before harvest
  - planted from airplanes, which drop the seed through the water into the soil below
  - provides carbohydrates
* Some rice comes from grass plants
  - contains proteins
  - has endosperms
  - is used in breakfast foods - as puffed rice, flakes, or crisped rice
  - leads to diabetes
* absorbs enough water
  - moisture and then gives it off when the sock is heated
* accounts for almost all of Japan's cereal production.
* azolla fish symbiosis new development in ecological agriculture.
* basic ingredient for foods served around the globe.
* being a semi-aquatic crop, grows best under submerged, waterlogged conditions.
* belongs to grass tribe oryzeae.
* can germinate and thrive in flooded fields
  - increase the blood sugar levels so, diabetics can have whole wheat idlis
  - induce severe cases of enterocolitis
* comes in many different varieties and is popular world-wide
  - forms including white and brown rice, flours, rice bran, and rice oil
* comes in many varieties, originating in many parts of the world
  - with varying textures and nutritional properties
* complex carbohydrate that is an excellent source of energy for the body
* contains a gene from beans or peas.
* contains a lot of carbohydrates
  - methionine but also has a high carb to protein ratio
* contains no fat, cholesterol or sodium
  - no cholesterol and no sodium
  - two carbohydrate components - amilopectin and amilose
* crop of the working together.
* does best in temperate regions that have low summer rainfall with high light intensity.
* dominates crop production and has long been the staple food.
* explains another of the important differences between bovine and equine digestive systems.
* fair source of protein containing all eight essential amino acids.
* feeds more people than any other.
* fits today's lifestyle centered on diet, nutrition and health.
* food that is like that
  - with which a majority of the world's people are familiar
* gemstone of a university.
* goes back thousands of years in Asia s agricultural history.
* grain that is healthy and full or carbohydrates.
* grows abundantly, as do citrus fruits, bamboo, and mushrooms
  - best in areas where there is thick mud so that the roots can stick in
  - from a plant that is part of the grass family
* grows in the flat lands and also on the terraced hills
  - once a year
  - quickly in the intense heat
  - well on puddled compacted soil, whereas wheat grows best on well-drained soils
* helps feed two-thirds of the world's population
  - steady blood sugar levels
* hulls readily available, inexpensive, consistent substrate that is highly porous.
* is Indonesia's most important staple food
  - staple crop
  - Pakistan s second leading source of export earnings
  - able to tolerate a wide range of soil reactions, but has a preference of acidic soils
  - allergen-free by nature, but is considered by most as a filler in foods
  - almost a way of life in many countries
  - also a good ingredient for dog foods
* is also an important component in the domestic brewing of beer
  - staple in Latin America and Africa
  - quite common, with some people eating it three times a week
  - the single most important crop in Indian agriculture
  - among the most important crop plants in the world
* is an ancient food, nourishing people throughout the ages
  - annual grass that shares many characteristics with wheat, barley, oats, and rye
* is an excellent cereal crop to complement legume protein in a balanced vegetarian diet
  - food and is eaten worldwide
  - moisture absorbent and helps keep the contents dry and rust free
  - source of amino acids, which the body needs to build strong muscles
  - extender of the food dollar
  - ideal food to include in sodium-restricted diets
* is an important agricultural food crop
  - commodity and is subsidized by the government through inputs and price support
  - crop both locally and globally
  - food in much of Asia
  - part of Arkansas' economy and culture
  - staple crop, along with millet, sorghum, and peanuts
  - believed to have been first grown in ancient southern China and India
  - black
  - both the main subsistence crop and a valuable export
  - by far the main staple crop and occupies the largest agricultural area
  - categorized by size into three broad groups - long, medium or short grain
  - cereals
* is considered a staple food around the world
  - sacred as well as constituting the basic food crop
  - the most nutritious of all known grains
  - consumed largely in Asia but also in many other developing countries
  - cooled in fall, kept at low temperature in the winter and warmed in the spring
* is cultivated all over in Japan
  - extensively, while cash crops include coffee, tea, rubber and palm oil
  - year round in three growing seasons which are defined by the amount of rainfall
  - done when all water is absorbed and the rice is tender
  - easy to digest and it is non-allergenic
* is eaten all over the globe
  - steamed or fried
  - three times a day by perhaps more than half the world's population
* is eaten together with a variety of different dishes and is made from different kinds of rice
  - with all meals in Korea
  - generally better tolerated than other cereals
* is grown both as a dietary staple and for cash sales
  - in fields where water is held on the field for an extended period of time
* is grown in many of the wet coastal areas and around the river valleys of West Africa
  - place, and coconuts are particularly important on the coast
  - northern Italy, especially in the valley of the river Po
  - summer with maize, barley and wheat grown in winter
  - the field, azolla on the surface of the water, and fish in the water
  - three seasons in India, autumn and winter in kharif and summer or rabi
  - mainly for domestic consumption
  - mostly on fine-textured, poorly drained soils with impervious hardpans or claypans
* is grown on coastal plains and mountain terraces
  - natural flatlands
  - through irrigation
  - under a damp warm climate
  - year round in the Central Plains, but elsewhere the planting cycle is fixed
  - high in carbohydrates and low in fat, making it a perfect ingredient for healthy breakfasts
  - highly valued cash crop that earns substantial foreign exchange for the country
  - inoculated with mold, which digests starch into sugar
* is less likely than other grains to cause an allergic reaction
  - to cause allergic reactions than other grains
* is located in pantries
  - refrigerators
  - weddings
  - on America's South Coast and in the nation' s fourth largest city
  - mexican food
  - mobs
* is more important than any other food crop or any other agricultural commodity
  - sensitive to total soluble salts than soybeans
  - tolerant of acidity than are other grain crops
  - most sensitive to chloride and nitrate salts at the seedling growth stage
  - normally self-pollinated, with pollen being shed just before or at the time flowers open
  - now the first crop plant to be decoded, or sequenced, in such genetic detail
  - of particular concern because it major part of the diet in many parts of the world
  - often the only crop that can be grown in the flood-prone areas
* is one of America's most important agricultural enterprises
  - the causes of weight gain
* is one of the cheapest and most plentiful sources of food energy and protein
  - least allergenic and most easily digested sources of grain protein
  - main crops and is grown mainly in paddy fields
* is one of the most important foods in the world
  - versatile and naturally convenient foods in the world
  - staple food groups for much of the world
* is one of the world's most important crops
  - oldest food grains
* is part of a solid foundation for a healthy diet and active lifestyle
  - for a healthy diet and lifestyle
  - gumbos
  - paellas
  - risottos
  - sake
  - sushi
  - pasta
  - plain steamed or with added coconut, or fried with vegetables, egg, prawns or meat
  - plant materials
  - pleasant to eat When it is wrapped In pleasant seaweed Around pleasant, raw fish
  - probably one of the most consumed grains worldwide
  - seeded in beds and transplanted in much of the world
  - semi-aquatic, meaning that it can grow in water and also on dry land
  - short day plant and rice ear formation is delayed by nighttime light
  - so basic to the diet that theword for rice,fan,doubles for the word for food
  - sometimes mixed with barley or soybeans for flavor and nutrition
  - steeped in water to absorb the necessary amount of water
  - strong in tryptophan, methionine, and valine, and weak in isoleucine and lysine
* is the basic food for most of Madagascar's people
  - staple of the country
  - chief article of diet, varied with occasional green vegetables
  - country s second leading source of export revenues
  - dominant crop, and rice farming requires more labor than other crops
  - economically important crop
* is the first crop plant to be sequenced
  - plant, and only the second plant of any kind, to be sequenced
  - great common denominator, the main staple throughout the continent
* is the important food grain cultivated in the State
  - foodgrain
* is the largest commercial crop in the world, nourishing over half of the world's population
  - genome and first plant to be mapped in a working draft form
* is the main cereal food in Bangladesh
  - crop in Laos
  - crop, but cotton, tea, and oilseeds are also important
  - dietary staple in many countries
* is the main food in Asia
  - our lives
  - source of food for about half of the world's population
  - staple of our diet
  - winter-harvest crop of the state
  - mainstay of the diet and is commonly eaten at every meal
* is the major cash and family crop
  - crop and staple food
* is the major crop in many of the Asian countries
  - the east where rainfall is heavy
  - economic crop, providing both a food staple and a cash crop
  - food crop, followed by wheat and sugarcane
  - subsistence and cash crop
* is the most consumed food in the world
  - digestible grain
  - important crop and the primary source of nutrition in Southeast Asia
* is the most important crop in Korea
* is the most important food crop in the world
  - of Nepal
  - grain in Bangladesh
  - foodgrain crop of Asia
  - grain crop, followed by wheat
* is the only crop grown exclusively under irrigation
  - in the Everglades under soil-conserving, flooded cultivation
  - food crop that can be grown during the rainy season
  - grain produced in sufficient quantities commercially
* is the only major cereal crop that is consumed exclusively by humans
  - crop in the world capable of growing under water
  - predominant grain crop, and a vegetarian lifestyle predominates
* is the primary crop and is eaten at every meal
  - source of human energy in the humid and semihumid tropics
* is the principal crop grown, just as it is in most of central and East India
  - in Bangladesh, just as it is in most of central and eastern India
  - cultivated wetland plant of global importance to food security
  - food of half of the world's population
  - safest grain, but corn, soy and wheat are all allergenic
  - second largest earner of foreign exchange, after oil and gas
  - second-largest genome sequenced so far, after the human genome
  - simplest of all cereals
  - staple crop and the second largest export commodity, after teak
* is the staple diet in Nepal and around three million tons are produced annually
  - any Malay meal
  - food all over Asia
* is the staple food and lies at the heart of every meal
  - the main source of carbohydrate in the diet of the people
  - crop, with maize, manioc, fruits and vegetables cultivated on a small scale
* is the staple food for more than half the world's population
  - nearly half the world's population
  - in Asia, Latin America, parts of Africa, and parts of the Middle East
  - of more than one-half of the world's population
* is the staple food of the entire population regardless of income
* is the staple food, although maize is more important in some places
  - and an essential part of every meal
  - grain for two-thirds of the world's human population
  - of all Nepalese food
* is the staple of the Japanese diet
  - Korean diet and appears at almost all meals
  - diet and is eaten twice a day
  - diet, consumed in some form in almost every meal
* is the world's largest crop and is the primary source of food for billions
  - most common staple food and China is the world's largest rice producer
* is the world's most important food crop, feeding half the human population
  - their staple crop, and grains, peas, beans, chilies, and tobacco leaves are also grown
* is their staple food, accompanied by green leaves or vegetables
  - and it is raised both wet and dry
  - traded for necessary goods or services
  - transformed to increase resistance to the white leaf virus
  - ubiquitous and is sometimes flavoured with saffron
  - ubiquitous, sometimes flavoured with saffron
* is unique among the cereals in being able to germinate and thrive in water
  - being able to grow in flooded conditions
  - cereals, as it is usually grown under flooded conditions for weed control
  - amongst the world's commercial crops in that it is semi-aquatic
* is used as the alternative to the gluten-containing cereal grains
  - in beer
  - to make a number of items, outside of the traditional bowl of plain white rice
* is very common throughout Japan, China, and the other countries of southern Asia
  - important in Italian cooking
  - much under appreciated in the United States
  - what one eats
* key component of the Cuban diet.
* leading grain crop and the staple food for over half the world population.
* main staple to the Asian continent and thus is used as an association.
* major crop with the smallest size of genome among cultivated crops and vegetables
  - snack ingredient in baby food cereal because it is low in allergy activity
  - stable of food in that region and they drink a lot of tea, rather than coffee
* makes up more than half of all food eaten by one of every three persons on earth.
* model for learning about yield, hybrid vigor, single and multigenic disease resistance
  - the genomic sequencing of other crops, including corn and wheat
* most genuine and natural foodstuff and the most digestible of all cereals.
* occupies more than a million ha of land in summer, mostly under rainfed conditions.
* particularly important food source for Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
* planted in a shallow lake increases the productive surface area, oxygen, and food.
* provides a carbohydrate, caloric base to the diet
  - about one-fourth of the daily calorie intake per person
  - carbohydrate, but fish provides the much needed protein in human diet
  - complex carbohydrates
  - food for the bacteria, and protozoans eat the bacteria
  - starches
* remains the country's most important crop.
* shares common sets of genes with most of the world's major food crops
  - the major genes with the other cereals
* stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevation
  - out among crops
* staple crop only in the areas in which it is grown
  - food, but malnutrition is wide-spread among children
  - for much of the world, as are grains like corn and wheat
* staple of Asian cuisine
  - Filipino cuisine
  - Mexican cuisine and is used in many ways
* staple of the Cuban diet
  - Salvadoran diet
  - diet and is often accompanied by beans
  - substance of the Filipino cuisine
  - throughout the country
* tends to be particularly dependent on surface water supplies
  - form solid cakes when sterilized
* thrown at weddings is dangerous to birds.
* transplanting facilitates crop rotation.
* ubiquitous ceremonial food.
* very important food in Thailand, and boiled or steamed rice is the center of most meals
  - nutritious grain, especially brown rice
  - nutritious, low cost and easy to prepare food
+ Boinpalle: Settlements in India :: Andhra Pradesh
  * Drought is common in this area. Many people from this area migrate to Gulf countries to find jobs as unskilled labourers. Rice is the secondary crop.
  * Rice is believed to have been first grown in ancient southern China and India. Rice growing was brought to Japan possibly in the 1st century BC, and became popular during the 2nd century and the 3rd century. From India, rice spread to southern Europe and Africa.
  * Rice contains a lot of carbohydrates. There are different kinds of rice. Brown rice is rice that has only had the outer layer removed. It contains more fibre than normal rice, which is called white rice.