PHYSICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF TRADITIONAL RICE CULTIVARS (ORYZA SATIVA L. INDICA)

Botany

The Rice cultivation is long and complicated. After the first cultivation of rice, there will be a spread of rice to all over the world and also been cultivated in different geogrpahies, such as in America. Since its spread, rice has become a global staple crop important to food security and food cultures around the world. The rice of Oryza sativa L. indica have resulted over around 40,000 varieties of rice cultivars. The rice as been considered as traditional, commercial and domestic rice. The characterization of twenty two staple rice cultivars consumed in India were evaluated for dimensional properties (Length, Breadth, and Thickness). Mathematical study have been carried out in twenty two rice cultivars, Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean, Equivalent diameter, Aspect ratio, Sphericity and Surface area and the results were analyzed by applying the Duncan Multiple Range test(DMRT) procedure using ANOVA. All these dimensions and analysis show that which type of rice has the finest quality.

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