Table 1. Physicochemical characteristics for the rice varieties.
Country | Sample | Size (L/B)a | Chalkiness | Kett degrees (%) | Amylose content (%) | Cooking time (min) |
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Bolivia | Control 1 | 4.27 ± 0.04a | 0.42 ± 0.03b | 44.87 ± 0.45c | 32.50 ± 0.60a | 27.0 ± 1.0a |
T2-10 | 3.66 ± 0.10b | 1.17 ± 0.15a | 50.13 ± 0.64a | 32.23 ± 0.42a | 26.3 ± 1.5a | |
T2-11 | 4.24 ± 0.05a | 0.43 ± 0.06b | 48.73 ± 0.15b | 33.10 ± 0.53a | 27.0 ± 1.0a | |
Colombia | Control 2 | 2.25 ± 0.14b | 2.02 ± 0.18a | 46.50 ± 0.20a | 24.57 ± 0.97b | 26.7 ± 0.6a |
021 | 2.76 ± 0.09a | 1.33 ± 0.06b | 46.23 ± 1.07a | 31.87 ± 1.05a | 27.0 ± 1.0a | |
035 | 2.97 ± 0.06a | 1.00 ± 0.40b | 46.03 ± 1.16a | 30.23 ± 0.93a | 26.0 ± 0.6a |
Values are presented as mean ± SD. Means with different superscript letters (a,b,c) in the same column by country are significantly different with Tukey’s test (p<0.05); n = 3 sample replicates.
aL = length and B = breadth in mm.