AgroScience Today, Volume 2, Issue 9 : 0245-0248

POPULAR ARTICLES

OPEN ACCESS | Published on : 30-Sep-2021

Aromatic Rice Landraces of Tamil Nadu

• Amudha K
• Department of Rice, Centre for Plant Breeding & Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Vanitha Jayaraman
• Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vendhar Nagar, Baburayanpettai, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Mahendran Ramachandran
• Assistant Professor, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vendhar Nagar, Baburayanpettai, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Selvakumar Gurunathan
• Assistant Professor, Genetics and Plant Breeding, SRM College of Agricultural Sciences, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Vendhar Nagar, Baburayanpettai, Madhuranthagam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Aromatic rice always fetches a premium price in the market and therefore occupies an important position in the society. Scented or fragrant rice are regarded as auspicious in our country. Normally aromatic rice denotes basmathi rice possessing long slender grains and a very good aroma. However there are several small and medium grain aromatic or scented rice genotypes which are classified under a separate group popularly called as non-basmati aromatic rice. These types of indigenous fragrant rices were abundantly present in India.

Keywords

Aromatic rice, Landraces of Tamil Nadu, basmathi rice, good aroma, non-basmati aromatic rice

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