Koshihikari
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Key facts
- Cultivar.name
- Koshihikari
- Cultivar.image
- Koshihikari.jpg
- Cultivar.hybrid
- 'Nourin No.1' × 'Nourin No.22'
- Cultivar.cultivar
- Nourin No.100 (Etsunan No.17)
- Cultivar.marketing_names
- Koshihikari
- Cultivar.subspecies
- O. s. subsp. japonica
- Cultivar.group
- temperate japonica
- Cultivar.origin
- Japan, 1956
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Oryza sativa japonica
- Parent taxon
- Oryza sativa japonica
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Image
- コシヒカリの値段.jpg
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- inception
- 1956-05-01
- name in kana
- こしひかり
- Commons category
- Koshihikari
- taxon rank
- cultivar
- taxon name
- Oryza sativa subsp. japonica 'Koshihikari'
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Koshihikari BL (Blast resistance Lines)
- Related varieties
- See also
- References
is a popular cultivar of Japonica rice cultivated in Japan as well as Australia, Italy, and the United States.
Koshihikari was first created in 1956 by combining 2 different strains of Nourin No.1 and Nourin No.22 at the Fukui Prefectural Agricultural Research Facility. It is one of the most highly grown varieties of rice in Japan and is exported to other countries as a premium product.
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