The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) considers rice as one of the main sources of nutrients for human consumption, playing an important economic and social role in the fight against malnutrition, in the generation of employment and income for thousands of people (FAO, 2004). Worldwide, Brazil is the ninth largest producer of paddy rice, generating about 1.5% of the world's production (EMBRAPA - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, 2021).