Table 5.

Differences of starch particle size distribution among different japonica rice.

Cultivar	Average Volume	Average Surface Area	0~2 μm	2~4 μm	4~6 μm	6~8 μm	8~14 μm
Daohuaxiang2	5.853 ± 0.001 a	3.707 ± 0.001 a	11.45 ± 0.01 c	20.15 ± 0.01 c	27.27 ± 0.01 b	26.84 ± 0.01 a	14.34 ± 0.01 a
Nangeng46	4.763 ± 0.001 c	2.971 ± 0.001 c	18.98 ± 0.01 a	27.94 ± 0.01 a	26.85 ± 0.01 c	20.20 ± 0.01 c	6.03 ± 0.01 c
Nangeng2728	4.871 ± 0.001 b	3.086 ± 0.001 b	17.41 ± 0.01 b	27.27 ± 0.02 b	27.97 ± 0.01 a	21.19 ± 0.01 b	6.16 ± 0.01 b

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD (n = 3). Values for each index within a column followed by different lowercase letters are significantly different at the 5% probability level.