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Starch: Variation Associated with Location in Corn and Sorghum Plants 1
Author(s) -
Freeman J. E.,
Bocan B. J.,
Zobel H. F.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1972.0011183x001200010045x
Subject(s) - endosperm , sorghum , biology , starch , amylose , zea mays , agronomy , sorghum bicolor , poaceae , botany , food science
Starch granules from stems of mature corn ( Zea mays L.) and sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) plants were about a third as large as average granules from endosperm tissue of the same species and contained only 1/3 to 1/2 as much amylose. The stem starches had lower gelatinization temperatures and gave C X‐ray diagrams instead of the A diagram typical of normal cereal endosperm starches.