Dr. Y. M. ShuklDHARA K. SAVSANI2019-04-022019-04-022017http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810100223Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is nutritionally, one of the most important staple food crops for approximately half of the world population. It is rich in carbohydrate and the predominant dietary energy source for Asia, North and South America and Africa, re iterating its importance to human welfare.en-USnullThesis