Identifikasi Beberapa Kultivar Padi Gogo Lokal (Oryza sativa L.) Asal Kabupaten Padang Lawas Berdasarkan Nilai Kandungan Nutrisi

Abstract

Rice is a very important food crop in Indonesia and even in the world after wheat and corn. As an important element in the body, nutrition or nutrients play an important role in the lives of living creatures. Nutritional needs can help in daily activities because nutrition is also a source of energy needed by various organs in the body as well as a source of building and regulating substances in the body. This research aims to determine the appearance of the nutritional content characteristics of several local gogo rice cultivars from Padang Lawas Regency by observing the values of water content, fat content, ash content, protein, carbohydrates, crude fiber, anthocyanin and amylose. This research was carried out at the Medan Industrial Research and Standardization Laboratory and the Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sumatera Utara from November to December 2023. This research used a descriptive experimental method which was analyzed using simple statistics to see genetic diversity. The research results show that local gogo rice from Padang Lawas Regency has varying nutritional content in its various cultivars.