Sentence examples for kernel starch from inspiring English sources

Lastly, AY106616, an ankyrin repeat-like protein, associates with both derived kernel starch content (DSCT) and oil content (OLC T in both panels.

According to phenotypic data of kernel starch content in 474 regular inbred lines [ 76] in three environments (unpublished data), CI7 has low kernel starch content (around 64%%) and K22 has high kernel starch content (around 69%%).

The kernel starch contents of this RIL and the parental lines were evaluated after being grown in three environments.

This information extended the limited knowledge regarding the causative genetic factors underlying QTLs of kernel starch content.

Previous kernel starch QTL studies in biparental populations also reported that epistasis contributes in part to starch variation in maize kernels [ 27, 29, 32].

In the current study, the top two QTLs, qSTA4-1 on chromosome 4 and qSTA10-1 on chromosome 10, stable across environments, will be available for the introgression of their favorable alleles to improve the kernel starch content using MAS.

These experts in the appeal found instead a kernel of starch on the blade — from cutting bread, most likely.

To study the effect of sbe1a on kernel germination, starch utilization and coleoptile growth during germination of Wt and sbe1a mutant kernels were examined.

The main storage product in maize kernel is starch, making up about 65% of the weight, of which nearly all is confined to the endosperm.

Genetic analyses using mutants and gene manipulation have revealed the critical role(s) of genes for carbohydrate-metabolizing enzymes in kernel phenotypes and starch properties (Table 2).

Many successful studies of candidate gene association analysis in maize have been published to improve traits like flowering time [ 13] and kernel traits like starch production [ 14], β-carotene content [ 15], and provitamin A biofortification [ 16].