EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: ORYSA
• Preferred name: Oryza sativa
• Authority: Linnaeus

China. Cultivated as a major grain crop in suitable climates. Introduced in Mediterranean, Black Sea, Russian Far East, Central Asia, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, Japan, Korea, west and central Africa, Madagascar, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone), New Guinea, Australia (except South, Victoria, Tasmania)

The second plant to have its genome sequenced (in 2002)