Facts about rice

• Rice straw contains more potassium than its grains.
• Chalky substance in rice is due to presence of air spaces.
• Lemma and Palea is together called hull in rice.
• Dehulled rice grain is called brown rice.
• Para boiling rice: Milling the paddy after boiling to certain temperature.
• Essential nutrient ( Micro nutrient)à 17 ( added Nickel)

Rhizobium

a) Rhizobium phaseoli : Bean, Kidney bean

b) trifoli : Barseem (Trifolium sp.)

c) leguminosarum : Lentil, Pea

d) Bradyrhizobium japonicum : Soyabean

e) spp : Chickpea, Pigeon pea, Cow pea, Horse gram, Ground nut, Dhaicha, etc.

f) meliloti : Fenureek, Alfa alfa, white clover (FAW).