Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)
Grain quality evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) land races collected from Tamil Nadu
Author(s): K Keerthivarman, S Juliet Hepziba, RP Gnanamalar and J Ramalingam
Abstract: Rice is cultivated on about one-tenth of the arable soil of the earth. For half of the world's population, rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a significant cereal and staple food. Landraces and wild species of rice have immense potential to tolerate or resist different biotic and abiotic stresses due to the presence of trait specific genes. Thirty seven landraces collected from Thanjavur, Paramakudi and Salem districts were utilized for the present study. These accessions were raised in RBD replicated twice. The local landraces exhibited Attur Sambha and Kuruvai Kalanjiyam contain very small concentrations of amylose (13.6%) and the karung kuruvai germplasm has elevated alkali spreading value after the gelatinization temperature, while the low alkali value is Navara and Bhomi. Then the consistency of the gel indicated the highest length of the gel was Ottadam and Thooyamalli was low. The genetic potential of the accessions for the desired traits can be utilized in hybridization programme to achieve promising varieties.
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K Keerthivarman, S Juliet Hepziba, RP Gnanamalar, J Ramalingam. Grain quality evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) land races collected from Tamil Nadu. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):4125-4127.
