Oryza longistaminata

Oryza longistaminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Oryza
Species: O. longistaminata
Binomial name
Oryza longistaminata
A. Chev. & Roehrich

Oryza longistaminata is a perennial species of grass from the same genus as cultivated rice (O. sativa). It is native to most of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It has been introduced into the United States, where it is often regarded as a (noxious) weed. Its common names are longstamen rice[1] and red rice.[2]

The host resistance gene, Xa21, from O. longistaminata, has been integrated into the genome of O. sativa as it confers broad resistance to rice blight disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Oryza longistaminata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Oryza longistaminata
  3. ↑ Rice Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 20: Evaluation of durable resistance of transgenic hybrid maintainer line IR58025B for bacterial blight disease of rice


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