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Effect of the Brittle‐1 Sugary‐1 Double Mutant Combination on Carbohydrate and Postharvest Quality of Sweet Corn 1
Author(s) -
Tsai C. Y.,
Glover D. V.
Publication year - 1974
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/cropsci1974.0011183x001400060009x
Subject(s) - postharvest , sucrose , mutant , biology , zea mays , carbohydrate , sugar , horticulture , food science , botany , agronomy , biochemistry , gene
Whole kernels of the double mutant combinations of brittle‐1 sugary‐1 of maize ( Zea mays L.) contain about 40 and 200% of the water‐soluble polysaccharides and sucrose, respectively, of the sugary ‐1 mutant alone. More important, the double mutant preserves 90% of the sucrose even up to 4 days postharvest at room temperature. These features of the double mutant may offer a desirable new high quality sweet corn with the added potential for improving post‐harvest quality.