Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of starch content with starch biosynthesis-related enzyme activities

Year	Starch content	SuSy	AGPase	GBSS	SSS	SBE
2021	Amylose	0.923**	0.784*	0.880**	0.960**	0.964**
	Amylopectin	0.940**	0.760*	0.926**	0.950**	0.947**
	Total starch	0.937**	0.743*	0.916**	0.954**	0.952**
2022	Amylose	0.948**	0.806*	0.896**	0.985**	0.973**
	Amylopectin	0.974**	0.851**	0.946**	0.991**	0.973**
	Total starch	0.970**	0.841**	0.936**	0.992**	0.976**

SuSy, sucrose synthase; AGPase, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase; GBSS, granule-bound starch synthase; SSS, soluble starch synthase; SBE, starch branching enzyme. ^* and ^** denote significant level of 0.05 and 0.01 (n = 8), respectively