Brown Rice (eBook)

Dr. Annamalai Manickavasagan, PhD, P.Eng (Canada)   obtained his PhD in Biosystems engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada. At present, he is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph, Canada. He has published more than 50 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited 4 books. He has supervised more than 10 postgraduate students (PhD and MSc). He is the Founder and President of Whole Grains Research Foundation in India. Through this foundation, he is promoting the whole grains research in Asia region. He has organized several conferences, symposiums and workshops in whole grains. Dr. Chandini Shantha Kumar, PhD, obtained her PhD (Food Science) from the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR), Mysore, India. She has 11 years of research experience in several organizations at various capacities. She has several publications in internationally reputed journals and a book chapter. Besides her research experience, she has also worked as a Nutrition consultant. Dr. Venkatachalapathy Natarajan, PhD, received his PhD from the Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram, India. At present, he is working as Associate Professor and Head, Department of Food Engineering at the Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur, an autonomous Institution under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India. He is a Life member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India). The primary focus of his recent research work has been directed towards addressing the improvement of farmers and primary processors at farm level. This includes development of gadgets for increasing the income level of farmers and processors at farm level. Also, his research interest is on development of novel technologies for production of quality rice and energy efficient drying of farm produce.

1. Breeding techniques for improving brown rice qualityDr. Vinoth2. An overview of brown rice varietiesDr. Abdul Karim3. Degree of milling and changes in brown rice quality Dr. N. Venkatachalapathy 4. Physical and engineering properties of brown riceDr. Chandrasekar5. Chemical and nutritional properties of brown riceDr. K. Kalimuthu6. Medicinal values of brown rice Dr. Folarin Alonge 7. Glycemic index of brown riceDr. Amanat Ali8. Germinated brown riceDr. Chandini9. Shelf life and storage entomology of brown riceDr. Loganathan10. Cooking quality of brown riceTBD11. Brown rice flour rheologyDr. Rose Kingsly12. Strategies in product development with brown riceDr. Meng Niu13. Hurdles in brown rice consumption in IndiaM.S. Swaminathan 14. Marketing of brown riceTBD15. Future trends in production, processing, storage, marketing and consumption of brown riceTBD