Question

Is paddy inflorescence bisexuals?

Answer 1

Rice is a member of the Gramineae family and the Oryzae genus. There are about 20 species of Oryzae, but only two are cultivated: Oryza sativa L. (‘Asian rice') and Oryza glaberrima Steud. (‘African rice').Round and hollow roots, flat leaves, and panicles at the top characterize the rice plant. Rice is a highly adaptable plant that thrives in both flooded and rainy environments.

Complete answer:
The rice inflorescence is made up of panicles. It's the rice plant's top layer, carried on the last inter-node. Panicles are made up of primary ramifications (small branches) that bear secondary branches, which in turn carry pedicels, which carry spikelets. Species and variety influence the amount of primary and secondary implications. Between 50 and 500 spikelets can be found on a single panicle.

In most cultivated varieties, however, their number ranges from 150 to 350. The panicles vary in weight, shape, and angle in a number of ways.

Male reproductive organs (pollen-bearing anthers) and female reproductive organs make up the flower (the ovary). Rice is self-fertile (autogamous), meaning it is fertilized by pollen from the same flower; in contrast, allogamous plants, such as maize, are fertilized by pollen from another flower of the same or different plant.

A mixed inflores­cence is made up of two or more styles of inflorescences, such as
a panicle of spikelets (e.g., Oat, Rice),
a spike of spikelets (e.g., Wheat),
a corymb of capitula (e.g., Ageratum conyzoides),
an umbel of capitula, a raceme of capitula, and
a mixed spadix (spadices with cymose inflorescence arranged acropetally on a fleshy axis having coloured spathes, e.g., banana).
Rice fertilizes itself not with pollinators but with the wind.
So,this states that the paddy inflorescence is not bisexual rather its mixed.

No,paddy is type 4 Mixed inflorescence.

Note:
- In most cases, wind has little impact on rice production.
- It is said that a gentle breeze is beneficial because it stirs the air and transports CO2 to the leaf canopy.
- During cyclones, extremely strong winds can occur, causing significant damage.
- Strong winds can cause sterility and increase the number of abortive endosperms during pollination.
- Strong winds during the flowering process of the rice crop can be harmful to the crop.