Ming Gao, Senior Research Scientist in the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC), just published his work on starch granules. The goal of the study was to better understand genetic control of physical properties of starch granules.
Using a new approach to analyze developmental and genotypic effects on morphology and size distributions of starch granules in sweetpotato storage roots of 22 cultivars/clones. Starch granule size distributions in plant tissues, when determined in high resolution and specified properly as a frequency function, could provide useful information on the granule formation and growth.
Gao’s work was published in Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, an international journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of plant physiology. A copy of the article can be downloaded using the following link.
Ali Fares, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Director, Cooperative Agricultural Research Center
alfares@pvamu.edu
(936) 261-5019