Effect of Parboiling Conditions on Physical and Cooking Quality of Selected Rice Varieties

Table 2

Overall effects of varieties on physical properties.

Variety	Husking quality %	Moisture content	% head rice	% broken	% chalkiness
Edget	78.62^ba	14.38^0	60.40^!	39.60^β	55.18^b
Gumara	78.28^b	14.01^1	34.41^±	65.59^α	58.41^b
Narica4	80.02^a	13.62^2	32.84^±	67.16^α	76.68^a
CV	3.66	4.24	25.41	18.82	30.87
value	2.65	31.63	159.84	159.84	27.34

Means with the same alphabet, number, symbol, and Greek letter as superscript within columns are not significantly different at 5%.