Micromorphological and Chemical Characterization of Starches in Dioscorea rotundata L. (White Yam)

Starches isolated from twenty samples of Dioscorea rotundata L. (Dioscoreaceae) comprising ten local and hybrid cultivars each, were studied using micromorphological and chemical techniques. There is a marked polymorphism of granule shapes in all the samples, while the dimensions are more clear-...

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Main Authors: Oluwayemisi MALOMO, Adeniyi Akanni JAYEOLA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AcademicPres 2010-06-01
Series:Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca
Online Access:http://www.notulaebotanicae.ro/index.php/nbha/article/view/3261