Scented rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars of India: A Perspective on Quality and Diversity

• Main Authors: Nadaf, Altafhusain (Author), Mathure, Sarika (Author), Jawali, Narendra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Food Science.

This book represents an original research contribution in the area of aroma volatile biochemistry and the molecular analysis of basmati and non-basmati rice cultivars of India. It demonstrates the utility of headspace-solid phase micro extraction (HS-SPME) coupled with the gas chromatography-flame i...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Collection of germplasm of scented rice cultivars and grain morphological assessment
• 3. Quality parameter assessment in scented rice cultivars
• 4. Aroma volatile characterization in Indian scented rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars
• 5. Molecular markers based assessment of genetic diversity and quality trait specific marker validation.