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Studies on protein characteristics in rice mutants

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Twenty mutants isolated from “Latisail”, “Jhingasail” and “Pankaj” varieties of rice (Oryza sativa L.) were screened for two aspects of nutritive quality, namely crude protein content and distribution pattern of protein in the endosperm. Observations revealed a wide variation for both characters, and while there was no consistent association between protein content and test grain weight, which varied between varieties, a positive correlation between protein content and grain sterility was noted. In a few mutants protein distribution was observed to be varied and showed a similarity to optimum milling characteristics.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India

    N. Ghosh Hajra, E. H. Mallick & P. Bairagi

  2. RRII, Regional Research Centre, Post-kunjaban, Agartala pin-799006 Tripura (west), India

    N. Ghosh Hajra

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  1. N. Ghosh Hajra
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Communicated by B. R. Murty

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Hajra, N.G., Mallick, E.H. & Bairagi, P. Studies on protein characteristics in rice mutants. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 61, 23–26 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261505

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