{"id":53932,"date":"2025-07-08T14:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T08:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=53932"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:05:13","slug":"japonica-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/japonica-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Japonica Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Japonica Rice Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists at the Delhi-based National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology to increase phosphate uptake and transport in japonica rice varieties.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Japonica Rice<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japonica is one of the two major eco-geographical <\/span><b>races of O. sativa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (O. sativa japonica), the other is Indica.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a group of rice varieties from <\/span><b>northern and eastern China grown<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extensively in some areas of the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>Asian rice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> variety that belongs within the broader <\/span><b>sinica rice family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>characterized by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its short to medium grain and is harder, thicker, and stickier than traditional white rice.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japonica grains are short, roundish, spikelets are awnless to long-awned, grains do not shatter easily, and <\/span><b>have 0-20% amylose content.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes several varieties, including the sushi rice and glutinous rice, which despite its name, is entirely gluten free.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in the cooler zones of the subtropics and in the temperate zones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major growing areas:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It is the primary type of rice <\/span><b>grown and consumed in Japan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and also in China, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The different varieties of <\/span><b>Japonica are called cultivars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Each Japonica rice cultivar has been developed to exhibit unique qualities, making them suitable for various culinary uses and growing conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/nipgrs-gene-edited-japonica-rice-shows-increased-phosphate-uptake-20-more-yield\/article69786092.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japonica rice is one of the two main eco-geographical races of Oryza sativa, known for its short grains and sticky texture; the other race is Indica. Read more about Japonica Rice, Origin, Scientific Name, Benefits, Climate, Latest News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1406,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-53932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-japonica-rice","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}