Rices of Goa and their Grain Quality

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Geography and climatic conditions of Goa. 2. Origin, antiquity and species complexes of rice. 3. Rice classification. 4. Botanical description. 5. Status of rice production. 6. Rice cultivation in Goa. 7. Post harvest technology. 8. Basmati rice in Goa. 9. Hybrid rice. 10. Rice tissue culture. 11. Basic breeding techniques. 12. Golden rice. 13. Bt-rice. 14. Rice caryopsis structure and storage compounds. 15. Nutritional value. 16. Rice in culture. 17. Rice products from Goa. 18. Traditional food items and recipes of Goa. 19. Major grain quality characteristics. 20. Methodology for grain quality evaluation. 21. Checklist of traditionally cultivated rice varieties of Goa. 22. Detailed characteristics of traditionally cultivated rice varieties of Goa. 23. Traditional rice varieties which were grown in Goa. 24. High yielding rice varieties from the state of Goa. 25. Characteristics of high yielding rice varieties from the state of Goa. 26. Wild species of rice. 27. Future prospects. Glossary. References. Index.