Agronomic and environmental factors affecting rice grain quality

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the world’s most important crops and is a fundamental part of the diet of over half the world’s population. Rice grain quality is usually evaluated using parameters such as milling and processing performance, appearance, cooking and eating quality and nutritional composition. Recent research has highlighted the importance of both genetic and environmental factors in determining rice quality attributes (Siebenmorgen et al., 2013; Xu et al., 2004).