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Agriculture · Q1016

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1016

Q1016

The rice varieties grown in India belongs to

A.
Indica
Answer
B.
Japonica
C.
Javanica
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Indica rice is one of the major ecogeographical races of Oryza Sativa. The Asian rice is subdivided into two main subspecies that is Indica and Japonica with over 40,000 varieties.
Indica is the major type of rice grown in the tropics and subtropics. They grow mostly in the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Java, Srilanka, Indonesia and Central and southern China.