Elaine T. Champagne, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; Delilah F. Wood, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California; Bienvenido O. Juliano, Philippine Rice Research Institute Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines; Donald B. Bechtel, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, Manhattan, Kansas
RICE: Chemistry and Technology, Third Edition
Pages 77-107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/1891127349.004
ISBN: 978-1-891127-34-9
Abstract
Botanical nomenclature, particularly of the reproductive plant parts, is based upon the origin of each component during development and maturation of the seed or that portion of the plant that carries genetic material of both parents into subsequent generations (Esau, 1977). However, the point of this chapter is to acquaint the reader with rice structure and composition as it relates to processing and consumption; therefore, only the mature grain is discussed.
