La Plata Mochi F.A., a new rice variety from Argentina
1994
Vidal, A.A. (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Estacion Experimental "Ing. Agr. Julio Hirschhorn", Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales)
La Plata Mochi F.A. is the first Argentine waxy rice cultivar released from the rice program of the Faculty of Agrarian and Forestry Sciences of the National University of La Plata. It was developed to satisfy the demands of Koreans and Japanese in South America. La Plata Mochi F.A. is 100 cm tall, resists lodging, and grows vigorously. It has a 125-d growth duration and yields about 5 t/ha. The panicle is 2.1-cm-long. Grain shattering is minimal and threshing ability intermediate. The caryopis is 5.7 cm long and 3.4 cm wide, with length-width ratio of 1.7. The waxy endosperm has 1.8 percent amylose content, gelatinization temperature of 6.0, alkali spreading value of 1.7, and 8.5 percent protein content
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