1. Worldwide there are 40, 000 varieties of rice, species name " Oryza sativa ." 2. Glutinous rice is grown in Laos, and regular " Oryza sativa " predominates in Vietnam. 3. The draft is of the subspecies Oryza sativa japonica, grown in many countries around the world. 4. Plant snoRNA Z157 was identified in screens of " Oryza sativa " and " Arabidopsis thaliana ". 5. It has been shown that " Acidovorax oryzae " is serious pathogen fore rice ( Oryza sativa ). 6. Cultivation of African rice has been abandoned for the cultivation of high-yield Asian varieties of " Oryza sativa ". 7. Related snoRNAs in " Arabidopsis thaliana " and rice " Oryza sativa " have been named R63 and Z106 respectively. 8. Many crop cultivars show strong allelopathic properties, of which rice ( " Oryza sativa " ) has been most studied. 9. The larvae feed on the rice plant " Oryza sativa " and Manchurian wild rice ( " Zizania latifolia " ). 10. This snoRNA is also related to other snoRNAs ( snoR47 and Z100 ) identified in the rice plant " Oryza sativa ".