EFFECT OF GERMINATION CONDITIONS ON PROXIMATE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOME PAKISTANI BROWN AND POLISHED RICE VARIETIES

Abstract

Five Pakistani rice varieties namely Basmati Super, Basmati 385, Basmati 2000, Irri-6 and Irri-9 were analyzed for proximate chemical composition such as moisture, total crude protein, crude fiber, crude fat, ash and carbohydrates when the rice varieties are in brown and polished forms and then these varieties were subjected to undergo germination process and analyzed the proximate chemical composition at different intervals of germination. First, all the varieties were kept in the same environmental conditions for control analysis and there was no significant difference found in moisture in these varieties whereas there was a significant difference in protein percentage, fiber percentage, fat percentage ash content percentage, and carbohydrates percentage among the all varieties.