Authors : Ashim Chakravorty
Page Nos : 85-89
Description :
The coloured rice is known to have antioxidant property due to presence of flavenoid and anthocyanin having powerful activity of scavenging of free radicals than other white rice. Recent focus on the study of agriculture is to develop a promising variety with quality trait and specially having mineral contents along with antioxidant properties for mitigating the arising problem of diabetes and cancer. In any varietal improvement planning, these wild or landraces provide a valuable gene pool to develop a promising line which may have resistant power to fight against any environmental stress like pest and diseases. Keeping this in view, the present investigation aims at finding out and characterizing these landraces from Farmer’s field focusing on their presence of anthocyanin in their various body parts and their conservation for future plant breeding programme so that the genes for anthocyanin i.e., having antioxidant properties which may be incorporated into our present high yielding varieties using various biotechnological approach. Also it is suggested to implement and advice in daily intake of this coloured rice to keep away diabetes and cancer from this world.
Keywords: anthocyanin colouration, rice landraces, scavenger, conservation
