Juliano et al. - 1993 - Grain Quality Evaluation of World Rices
Juliano et al. - 1993 - Grain Quality Evaluation of World Rices
Juliano et al. - 1993 - Grain Quality Evaluation of World Rices
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Abstract<br />
P<br />
hysicochemic<strong>al</strong> data on protein content, apparent amylose<br />
content (AC), <strong>al</strong>k<strong>al</strong>i spreading v<strong>al</strong>ue (an index <strong>of</strong> starch gelatinization<br />
temperature [GT]), gel consistency (GC), Amylograph<br />
viscosity (peak, s<strong>et</strong>back, and consistency), cooked rice Instron hardness<br />
and stickiness, and grain length and width were collected for 2679<br />
milled rices ( Oryza sativa L.) grown in 64 countries at 67 locations. We<br />
compared these data with the country’s qu<strong>al</strong>ity preferences when<br />
possible.<br />
Mean protein is 7.3%. High AC predominates everywhere but in<br />
Europe. Intermediate AC, however, seems to be preferred for slightly<br />
sticky, s<strong>of</strong>t-cooked rice. Low GT is preferred on <strong>al</strong>l continents over<br />
intermediate GT, and s<strong>of</strong>t GC over medium and hard GC, except in<br />
Africa, where hard GC is preferred.<br />
Extra long grains predominate only in Surinam; long, slender<br />
grains in the Americas, Thailand, and other exporting countries.<br />
Medium-sized and -shaped grains predominate in most <strong>of</strong> Asia,<br />
except in Bangladesh; Bhutan; China; Japan; Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea; Taiwan,<br />
China; and Vi<strong>et</strong>nam (tradition<strong>al</strong> vari<strong>et</strong>ies), where people prefer<br />
short-grained rices. Medium-grained rice is <strong>al</strong>so popular in Europe.<br />
Bulgaria, Spain, and Russia are the exceptions, where short, bold grains<br />
predominate. Consumers prefer long-grained, medium-shaped rices<br />
in Hungary.<br />
Milled rice <strong>of</strong> 244 wild Oryza species, <strong>of</strong> which 195 were O.<br />
glaberrima, were characterized for AC, GT, and GC. Properties are<br />
similar to those <strong>of</strong> cultivated rice: 12% mean protein, high AC, low GT,<br />
and hard GC.<br />
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