In windy areas, however, in order to make the rice plant not as prone to falling, sakamai varieties with shorter stems and ears were developed through selective breeding, one after another (see 'Sakamai developed by the municipality').
しかし、風の強い地方では倒れにくいように、品種改良によって稈長も穂長も小さいものが次々と作られている（「地方自治体開発の酒米」参照）。