Madras Agricultural Journal
Loading.. Please wait
Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

EFFECT OF WATER LEVELS ON THE MICROFLORA AND SOAKING LOSS IN PARBOILING OF PADDY

Volume : 83
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 42 - 46
Published: July 06, 2023
Download

Abstract


Bacterial and fungal population in both paddy and soak water incrensed during soaking of paddy for parboiling. Increase in the volume of water decreased the microbial population. However, using twice the volume of water over paddy used for soaking enhanced the soaking loss. The total sugars, reducing sugars and amino nitrogen present in paddy diffused into soak water during soaking. Total phenolic contents of paddy was increased during soaking and was the highest in 1:1 (w/v) paddy: water ratio. Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) decreased in the effluent when paddy was soaked in higher water levels.

DOI
Pages
42 - 46
Creative Commons
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Paddy Paraboiling Water Soaking Microflora
footer

Copyright © Madras Agricultural Journal | Masu Journal All rights reserved.