Table 4. Dimensions of milled Agric and Ofada grains parboiled at different conditions
| Sample1) | Grain size2) |
| Whole grains | Half broken | Fragments |
| Length | Width | Thickness | Length | Width | Thickness | Length | Width | Thickness |
| (mm) | (mm) | (mm) |
| ARaw | 5.5±0.01NS | 1.3±0.01NS | 0.8±0.01NS | | | | | | |
| A120/15 | 6.6±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 3.2±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 0.5±0.01NS | 0.5±0.01NS |
| A120/20 | 6.8±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 3.4±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 1.1±0.01NS | 0.4±0.01NS | 0.4±0.01NS |
| A120/25 | 6.7±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 3.4±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 0.8±0.01NS | 0.8±0.01NS |
| A135/15 | 6.8±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 3.6±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 0.5±0.01NS | 0.5±0.01NS |
| A135/20 | 6.9±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 3.4±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 0.7±0.01NS | 0.5±0.01NS | 0.5±0.01NS |
| A135/25 | 6.9±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 4.0±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 0.6±0.01NS | 0.6±0.01NS |
| A150/15 | 6.9±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 4.2±0.02NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 0.8±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS |
| A150/20 | 6.3±0.02NS | 1.8±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 3.4±0.02NS | 1.8±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 1.1±0.01NS | 1.1±0.01NS | 1.1±0.01NS |
| A150/25 | 6.3±0.02NS | 1.8±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 3.5±0.02NS | 1.8±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS |
| ORaw | 5.4±0.01NS | 2.6±0.01NS | 1.8±0.01NS | | | | | | |
| O120/15 | 5.9±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.9±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.4±0.01NS | 1.2±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS |
| O120/20 | 5.8±0.02NS | 2.6±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.7±0.02NS | 2.6±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.3±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS |
| O120/25 | 6.0±0.02NS | 2.7±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.9±0.02NS | 2.7±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.5±0.01NS | 1.1±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS |
| O135/15 | 6.0±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.8±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.6±0.01NS | 1.2±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS |
| O135/20 | 6.0±0.02NS | 2.7±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.8±0.02NS | 2.7±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.3±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 0.8±0.01NS |
| O135/25 | 6.3±0.02NS | 2.9±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.9±0.02NS | 2.9±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.8±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 0.7±0.01NS |
| O150/15 | 5.7±0.02NS | 2.7±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.7±0.02NS | 2.7±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.4±0.01NS | 1.2±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS |
| O150/20 | 5.7±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.5±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.3±0.01NS | 0.9±0.01NS | 0.8±0.01NS |
| O150/25 | 6.0±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 2.6±0.02NS | 2.8±0.01NS | 2.0±0.01NS | 1.5±0.01NS | 1.2±0.01NS | 1.0±0.01NS |
Agric & Ofada rices parboiled at different temperatures (°C)/mins.
Values are means±SD (n=3).
NS, not significant along the same column by Duncan’s multiple range test (p>0.05).