Table 4.

Characterization of 11 Italian rice varieties and 18 IRRI accessions through FESEM imaging.

Denomination	Average starch granules size (area) (μm2)			Starch granules average eccentricity	Starch granules average circularity	Estimated diameter of starch granules (μm)	Average porosity (%)
Italian rice varieties
CL31	34.48	±	10.37	0.72	0.39	6.63	5.64	±	1.85
CL80				0.73	0.38		0.40	±	0.26
CL510	50.55	±	0.65	0.74	0.39	8.03	5.30	±	0.71
Cripto	33.24	±	2.15			6.51	6.15	±	0.59
CRW3	35.61	±	18.79	0.68	0.40	6.74	6.35	±	0.54
Dedalo	64.81	±	25.09	0.73	0.38	9.09	2.14	±	2.86
Drago	75.02	±	32.28	0.71	0.39	9.78	6.35	±	0.20
Europa	30.75	±	1.26	0.73	0.38	6.26	6.28	±	0.27
Italmochi				0.68	0.41		1.09	±	0.29
Pegaso	69.83	±	38.27	0.71	0.41	9.43	1.33	±	1.41
Prometeo	26.69	±	0.46	0.71	0.41	5.83	0.92	±	0.22
International Rice Research Institute accessions
Kaluheenati	29.39	±	4.86	0.74	0.37	6.12	5.66	±	1.52
Mahsuri	28.22	±	7.01			6.00	5.74	±	1.10
Hetadawee	53.45	±	13.04			8.25	6.52	±	0.67
Pajam	26.70	±	0.72	0.73	0.40	5.83	5.97	±	0.24
Kahawanu				0.72	0.36		1.66	±	0.61
IR 42	54.75	±	19.47	0.74	0.40	8.35	0.69	±	0.13
IR 6	66.95	±	41.65	0.73	0.42	9.24	1.64	±	1.87
IR 50	87.63	±	9.13	0.74	0.40	10.57	6.31	±	0.34
IR 64	75.89	±	41.41	0.73	0.39	9.83	4.16	±	3.52
IR 4630-22-2-5-1-3	21.04	±	11.69	0.72	0.40	5.18	5.18	±	0.55
Cisokan				0.72	0.40		0.52	±	0.01
Taichung Sen 17	32.22	±	1.77	0.71	0.39	6.41	6.13	±	0.19
Doongara	29.00	±	2.17	0.71	0.39	6.08	6.36	±	0.05
Sinandomeng							0.99	±	0.80
Iac 165	52.87	±	29.26	0.74	0.39	8.21	4.27	±	3.14
Fedearroz 50	89.17	±	1.99	0.72	0.42	10.66	0.79	±	0.39
Cypress	84.12	±	7.16	0.71	0.39	10.35	0.89	±	0.21
Swarna	49.62	±	29.61			7.95	4.75	±	3.37

Values ± standard deviation are reported.