BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION-

The rice plant (Oryza sativa L.) is a member of Gramineae  family. The common cultivated rice plant is an annual which usually grows to a height of half a metre to two metres but there are certain varieties that grow much taller (6-9 metres). Some deep water rice varieties that grow with the gradual rise of the flood water level. Rice plant can divided into two main parts namely root shoot system.