Physicochemical basis of eating quality of rice.
Physicochemical basis of eating quality of rice.
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DOI:
10.1094/cfw-54-1-0018
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发表时间:
2009
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通讯作者:
K. R. Bhattacharya
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作者:
K. R. Bhattacharya
Rice is the most important staple food of humankind (76). More than 90% of it is grown and consumed in South, East, and Southeast Asia. But despite this concentration, rice is actually very adaptable and versatile. It is grown in all continents (except Antarctica) and in more than 100 countries, between 40°S and 53°N latitudes, from sea level to 3,000 m in altitude, and from dry land to under 1to 2-m-deep water. Having been thus adapted to such diverse agroclimatic conditions, rice comes in thousands of cultivars that vary greatly in their attributes, including cooking, eating, and product-making quality. Rice palatable to one cultural group or suitable for one product is, more often than not, not so for another. A striking example of this variation is the systematic change in rice quality within the heartland of rice in Asia. There is a clear trend of textural difference in the native rice from the east to the south of Asia. Rice in the north and east of Asia (japonica) usually cooks soft and sticky, whereas that in South Asia (indica) generally cooks dry ABSTRACT