Assessment of grain quality charactistics in the selected newly released rice varieties of central Telenagana zone

Abstract

India is one of the world's largest producers of white rice and brown rice, accounting for 20% of the world total rice production. Rice is the most important food crop of India covering about 1/4th of the total cropped area and providing food to about half of the Indian population and it is a great source of complex carbohydrates, which is an important source of the fuel to our body needs Nutritional value of rice is mainly determined by the milled rice protein content. The present study was taken up to study the grain quality charactistics viz. milling, functional and oraganoleptic of two NRRVs (Siddi and Sheetal) of CTZ and results found significant difference(p