White rice is one of the most consumed foods across Asia and other parts of the world. It is known to be the third-highest worldwide population of an agricultural commodity after maize and sugarcane. Moreover, regarding calorie intake and human nutrition, rice is considered the most important grain, providing more than one-fifth of the calories humans consume worldwide.

Rice, a monocot, is grown as an annual plant but can survive as a perennial plant in tropical regions. Rice can produce …