Moisture content of rice was found to be decreased significantly from 15.57 (fresh weight) to 14.08 ± 0.03 this is due to
application of vacuum system which sucks the surface moisture from the rice. With the application of plasma the moisture content was also found to be decreased from 13.04 to 12.73 this may be due to decomposition of water molecule which leads to the formation of oxygen radicals as reported b