Intra- and interpopulational variability of thermal properties of maize starch.

Abstract

The variability in thermal properties of laboratory-isolated strach from five open-pollinated populations of genetically variable maize was evaluated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Each population was represented by ears from four self-pollinated plants, and starch from five kernels of each ear was individually extracted and analyzed. The data among populations showed significant differences (P<0.05) in the DSC values of the isolated starch (...)