Effects of annual fluctuation of environmental factors on starch properties in potato tuber development

• Main Authors: Noda, Takahiro, Tsuda, Shogo, Mori, Motoyuki, Sisuki, Tatsuro, Takigawa, Shigenobu, Matsuura-Endo, Chie, Yamauchi, Hiroaki, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA 2011
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/17930/1/Starch-Starke-DOI_10.1002star.201100109.mht; http://irep.iium.edu.my/17930/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1521-379X
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

To test the effects of the annual fluctuation of the environmental factors on the starch properties in potato tuber development, starches were isolated from potato cultivars grown for ten consecutive years (2001–2010) on the experimental farm in Memuro, Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. Th...