Waxy Rice Mutants with Unique Processing Properties for Waxy Rice Breeding

摘要

Waxy rice (also called glutinous rice, sticky rice and mochi rice) has been widely and predominantly used for annual events or festivities in Japan since ancient times and is essential to Japanese culture. Food products made from waxy rice include rice cakes (kirimochi), rice crackers (arare and okaki), steamed rice with red beans (okowameshi) and rice pastries (wagashi). Different processing characteristics of rice are required for each product.