Project Completion Report: Investigation of rice kernel cracking and its control in the field and during post-harvest processes in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam - APPENDIX 1 "

Timely harvest plays an important role in controlling rice cracking. Reduced whole-grain rice bring cracks caused by the loss of value and reduce the income of farmers. field experiments was conducted to study the effect of harvest time around the crack growth of rice plants Head rice yield in seven popular varieties (OM1490, OM2718, OM2517, OM4498, AG24, IR50404 and Jasmine) in three different locations in the two harvest years (2006-2008). Mekong Delta, Vietnam. The results show that cracking of rice has strong influence by the variety and harvest time about growing up....