Bücher von Bor S. Luh

During the 10 years that have passed since the first edition of Rice: Production and Utilization was published in 1980, much new information on processing and utilization of rice cereal has apeared in the liter ature. The 15 chapters of Volume 2 cover rice flours in baking, rice e nrichment, parboiled rice, rice quality and grades, quick-cooking rice, canning, freezing and freeze-drying rice breakfast cereals and baby foods, fermented rice products, rice snack foods, rice vinegar, rice h ulls, rice oil, and rice bran. A chapter on the nutritional quality of rice endosperm is also presented.

This volume discusses the many advances in technology during the past decade in rice production. There is a strong emphasis on rice plant growth and development, genetics and breeding, rice culture, rice plant diseases, insect pests of the rice plant, insect pests of stored rice, weed management, harvest drying and storage of rough rice, miling and properties of rice cryopsis.

The development of new and better varieties by the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines and other rice research institutes has stimulated numerous research stations to test the performance of these varieties in many countries under different climates, soil properties, cultural practices, and environmental conditions.