- Koshihikari
"Koshihikari" (コシヒカリ, 越光) is a most popular variety of
rice cultivated inJapan ."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 has become very popular now in
Japan , in part due to its good appearance. It is one of the most highly-grown varieties of rice in the country, and its taste is said to differ per region. Some people think very highly of the Koshihikari harvested in Uonuma area ofNiigata Prefecture and so traded at the most expensive price in all of Japan. The character for "koshi" (越) is used to represent oldKoshi Province , which stretched from present-day Fukui to Yamagata. "Koshihikari" can be translated as "the light of Koshi ".Other rice varieties close to its strains, such as
Akitakomachi ,Hitomebore , andHinohikari have been created afterwards by cross-breeding "Koshihikari" with other Japanese varieties of rice.Features
*Highly susceptible to
blast disease
*Its stem collapses easily when matureExternal links
* [http://www.ja-uonuma.or.jp/ JA Uonuma Minami (Japanese)] JA branch in South of Uonuma area in Japan
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