IDENTIFICATION OF
RICE VARIETIES
Mohsin Raza
Assistant Tehnologist
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Varieties
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Course Contents
• Terminology used in Rice Industry
• Identificationo f Basmati Varieties
• Identification of Coarse Varieties
• Identification of Un-approved Varieties
• Milling Recovery & Cooking Quality
• Analysis of Rice Sample & Rice Standadards
• Phyto-sanitation
• Good Storage Practices
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Rice Technology Section
Milling Recovery Grain Measurements
Brown Rice % Average Grain Length (AGL) mm
Total Milled Recovery % Width (mm)
Head Rice % Thickness (mm)
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Rice Technology Section
Cooking Quality Chemical Tests
Cooked Grain Length (CGL) mm Alkali Spreading value
Bursting Upon Cooking % Amylose
Elongation Ratio Protein
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Basmati Varieties Released by RRI, KSK
1 Basmati 370 1933 Out dated
2 Basmati Pak 1964 Out dated
3 Basmati 198 1970 Out dated
4 Basmati 385 1985 Very less cultivation
5 Super Basmati 1996 In cultivation
6 Basmati 2000 2000 Very less cultivation
7 Basmati 515 2011 In cultivation
8 PK 1121 Aromatic 2017 In Cultivation
9 Kissan Basmati 2016 In cultivation
10 Chenab Basmati 2016 In cultivation
11 Punjab Basmati 2016 In cultivation
12 Basmati 2019 2019 In cultivation
13 Super Gold 6 2019 In cultivation
Non-Basmati Varieties by RRI, KSK
Coarse Non-Basmati
Varieties
1 IRRI-6 1972 In cultivation
2 KS-282 1982 In cultivation
3 NIAB IRRI-9 1999 In cultivation
4 KSK 133 2006 In cultivation
5 KSK 434 2014 In cultivation
Fine Non-Basmati
Varieties
1 PK-386 2016 In cultivation
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Rice Grain Structure
Identification: Grain Length (mm)
Take AGL of Min. 10 Grains
Identification: AGL Measurement Tools
Classification according to Grain Length
Size Category Average Grain Length (mm)
Extra-Long grain 7.0 mm and above
Long grain 6.0 – 6.9 mm
Medium grain 5.0 – 5.9 mm
Short grain 5.0 or Less
Identification: Grain Width & Thickness (mm)
Classification according to Grain Shape
Shape Category Length/Width Ratio
Slender 3.0 and above
Medium 2.1 - 3.0
Bold 1.1 - 2.0
Round 1.0 or less
Identification Points
Identification: Comparison
Comparison: Basmati 385 vs Super Basmati
Thanks
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