Major rice variety KOSHIHIKARI

Many rice varieties are released in Japan. And we can buy various kind of rice at a supermarket.

Rice varieties
There are lots of rice varieties in Japan. 971 varieties have been registered since 1981. And 481 varieties are now on the list.
japanagriculture.com
2020.04.03

KOSHIHIKARI is the most popular rice variety, it is grown 35% of total rice area in Japan.

Variety name% of total rice area
KOSHIHIKARI35.0
HITOMEBORE9.2
HINOHIKARI8.6
AKITAKOMACHI6.8
NANATSUBOSHI3.4
HAENUKI2.8
KINUHIKARI2.2
MASSHIGURA2.0
ASAHINOYUME1.6
YUMEPIRIKA1.5
Other26.9
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I was surprised when I found KOSHIHIKARI at a supermarket in Korea. I heard that some Korean farmers grow KOSHIHIKARI, and US farmers also grow it.

KOSHIHIKARI at a supermarket in Korea

KOSHIHIKARI is such a international variety!

On the other hand, Plant Breeders Right has become big issue in such a situation.

Comments

  1. kachan says:
    04/21/2020 at 18:11

    I’m interested in “Other 26.9%”.

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