Wild Rice Information

6. Oryza rufipogon

Distribution:-

Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam

Habitat:-

1. Found in swamps and marshes, in open ditches, swampy grassland, ponds, along river banks, at the edges of lakes, and in or at the margins of rice fields, commonly found in deep water areas
2. Grows in clay/loam soil and black soil, in full sun

Morphological character:-

1. Perennial, tufted, and scrambling grass with nodal tillering
2. Plant height variable depending on the depth of water
3. Panicles open
4. spikelets usually 4.5 to 10.6mm long and 1.6 to 3.5mm wide with awns, 4 to 10cm long
5. Anthers 3mm to 7.4mm long

Specific traits:-

1. Elongation ability
2. Resistance to Bacterial leaf blight and Rice Tungro Virus
3. Source of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility
4. Aluminum tolerance

Reference

1. Rice Knowledge bank, IRRI
2. Gramene data source