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. 2001 Mar;125(3):1406–1418. doi: 10.1104/pp.125.3.1406

Table I.

Carbohydrate analysis of nonmutant maize W64A kernels and sugary1 mutant kernels

Year DAP Total Carbohydrate
Total mg/g % Glucan Polymer
Glc
Fru
Suc
WSPa
Starcha
WSP Starch
mg/gb % mg/gb % mg/gb % mg/gb % mg/gb %
W64A 2000 20 3.7 0.5 3.2 0.45 43 5.6 5.6 0.7 718 92.7 774 0.8 99.2
W64A 1999 30 2.4 0.3 2 0.2 31 3.6 15 1.8 820 94 870 2 98
sul-ref 2000 20 9.3 1.5 5.5 0.9 168 27.8 336 55.6 85 14.1 604 80 20
sul-ref 1999 30 20 3.8 4.4 0.8 109 20.5 274 52 121 22.8 528 70 30
sul-4582 1998 25 15 2 5.5 0.8 110 16 465 66.5 103 15 699 80 20
sul-st 2000 20 9.1 1.2 7.6 1 104 13.6 198 26 444 58 763 31 69
sul-st 1998 20 12 1.9 9.3 1.5 123 19.7 242 38.7 240 38.1 626 50 50
sul-st 1997 30 3.6 0.5 2.2 0.3 30 4 52 6.8 683 88.5 771 7 93
a

 The amount of WSP and starch were determined as glucose equivalents by measuring the amount of glucose produced following complete digestion with amyloglucosidase. 

b

 The results are expressed as milligram of carbohydrate by gram of dry wt.