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Keywords: Oryza sativa, O. glaberrima, O. perennis, plant morphology, taxonomy, indica, japonica, roots, stem (culm), leaf, panicle, spikelet, growth stages, lodging (plants falling over), sterility, shattering, soils, method of cultivation, dryland or upland rice, irrigated or rainfed wetland rice, growing seasons, summer and winter crops, rotations, land-levelling, irrigation and drainage, cultivation in small holdings, mechanized cultivation, puddling the soil for wetland rice, weed control, fertilizers and manures, harvest, yields, milling and parboiling, definitions