Table 4.

Simple correlation coefficients (r) between physicochemical properties of immature starches separated from different waxy corn genotypes

	Starch content	Smalla	Medium	Large	CL	DP 6–12	DP 13–24	DP 25–36	DP ≥37	PV	TV	BV	FV	SV
Small	0.15
Medium	0.01	−0.37
Large	−0.12	−0.33	−0.74 **
CL	−0.28	−0.82 **	0.40	0.18
DP 6–12	−0.11	0.63 **	−0.85 **	0.41 *	−0.75 **
DP 13–24	−0.12	−0.49 *	0.91 **	−0.57 **	0.61 **	−0.95 **
DP 25–36	−0.22	−0.67 **	0.78 **	−0.32	0.75 **	−0.87 **	0.86 **
DP ≥37	−0.43	−0.22	−0.19	0.36	0.19	0.06	−0.09	0.02
PV	−0.13	−0.05	−0.05	0.09	−0.10	0.09	−0.14	0.05	0.44 *
TV	−0.00	0.18	0.10	−0.22	−0.12	0.01	0.10	0.05	0.07	0.52 **
BV	−0.11	−0.25	−0.15	0.33	0.05	0.07	−0.23	−0.01	0.29	0.26	−0.69 **
FV	−0.06	0.17	0.12	−0.24	−0.10	−0.02	0.13	0.06	0.07	0.48 *	0.99 **	−0.71 **
SV	−0.28	0.10	0.17	−0.24	0.02	−0.13	0.22	0.09	0.03	0.22	0.73 **	−0.64 **	0.82 **
PT	0.40	−0.11	0.15	−0.07	0.14	−0.13	0.17	0.08	−0.30	−0.52 **	−0.31	−0.08	−0.37	−0.52 **

*, ** Significant at P ≤ 0.05 and 0.01 probability levels, respectively

CL average chain length, DP degree of polymerization, PV peak viscosity, TV trough viscosity, BV viscosity, FV final viscosity and SV setback viscosity

^aSmall (<5 μm), medium (5–10 μm) and large (>5 μm) granules