Summary
Rice cultivars (Oryza sativa L.) belonging to five ecotypes (aus, aman, boro, bulu and tjereh) and to two groups of Japanese rice (lowland and upland) are examined with respect to KClO3 resistance, phenol reaction and apiculus hair length. These characters have been used as available criteria to classify rice into two types indica and japonica, for the last thirty years.
The findings of this study are that the aman, boro and tjereh ecotypes should be classified as typical indica; and that the Japanese lowland rice cultivars are mainly typical japonica. Some of the aus, bulu and Japanese upland rice cultivars differ from typical indica and typical japonica, so the respective terms aus type, bulu type and J.u.r. type, are proposed.
Aman, boro tjereh and Japanese lowland rice are cultivated in lowland. Some of the aus, bulu and Japanese upland rice cultivars have the characteristics of upland rice. In general, lowland rice cultivars can be clearly classified into indica or japonica, while upland cultivars cannot.
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Abbreviations
- Aph :
-
dominant gene for apiculus hair length > 0.7 mm
- aph :
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recessive gene for apiculus hair length < 0.7 mm
- J.u.r. type:
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Japanese upland rice type
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Ueno, K., Sato, T. & Takahashi, N. The indica-japonica classification of Asian rice ecotypes and Japanese lowland and upland rice (Oryza sativa L.). Euphytica 46, 161–164 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022310
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