Assessing Grain Quality Changes in White and Black Rice under Water Deficit.

ABSTRACT: Rice is an essential diet component for a significant portion of the population worldwide. Due to the high water demand associated with rice production, improving water use efficiency and grain quality is critical to increasing the sustainability of the crop. This species includes rice varieties with diverse pigmentation patterns. Grain quality, including industrial, nutritional, and functional quality traits, of two black rice genotypes and a commercial white rice cultivar were evaluated in different locations and under different water regimes. Flooding produced higher grain weight compared to alternate wetting and drying irrigation. A high correlation was found between grain color, total phenolic content (TPC), and antioxidant activity. The black rice genotypes showed higher TPC levels a

SUBMITTER: Brunet-Loredo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748231 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature