Assessment of grain quality attributes of basmati rice produced by organic system

NEETA TRIPATHI and R. S. VERMA

Department of Agronomy,

College of Agriculture,

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,

Pantnagar– 263145 (U. S. Nagar, Uttarakhand)

ABSTRACT

An experiment on basmati rice cv Pusa Basmati-1 was conducted during kharif 2004 and 2005 under different combinations of organic fertilization and plant protection measures to assess the effect of different treatments on grain quality parameters. Control with recommended cultural practices was also taken to compare with organic treatments. Green manure treatments exhibited high hulling and head rice recoveries, L/B ratio, elongation ratio and amylose content (%). The alkali spreading value ranged between 6.4-7.0 indicating low gelatinization temperature requirements for all the treatments. Almost similar response to different treatments was observed in case of aroma content of rice kernel during both the years.