TITLE:
Exploring Variability: New Brazilian Varieties SCS119 Rubi and SCS120 Onix for the Specialty Rices Market
AUTHORS:
Ester Wickert, Moacir Antonio Schiocchet, José Alberto Noldin, Juliana Vieira Raimondi, Alexander de Andrade, Klaus Konrad Scheuermann, Rubens Marschalek, Gabriela Neves Martins, Eduardo Hickel, Domingos Savio Eberhardt, Ronaldir Knoblauch
KEYWORDS:
Oryza sativa, Rice Breeding, Coloured Pericarp, Variety
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Genetics,
Vol.4 No.2,
April
25,
2014
ABSTRACT: “Specialty rices” is a common
name for varieties that present uncommon grains with distinctive features as
pericarp color, grain shape and size or aroma. Most of these rices are related
to cultural traditions and ceremonies, but some have higher nutritionally value
than white rice. Considering that today people are searching for foods that
could help to improve and maintain health, specialty rices would also be
considered in some way as functional food. As a specific market, the economic
values of these grains are also higher than those of white rice. So, the new
red rice variety SCS119 Rubi and the new black rice variety SCS120 Onix were
developed in order to attend the specific and economically important specialty
rices market, and should be consumed as a whole rice grain. Experimental tests
performed with these varieties showed that they could be recommended to all
rice-producing regions of Santa Catarina State, Brazil.