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Fig. 5 | BMC Plant Biology

Fig. 5

From: Starch branching enzymes as putative determinants of postharvest quality in horticultural crops

Fig. 5

Changes in starch, and starch branching enzyme (SBE) transcripts in cassava root and potato tuber across storage organ development, the diurnal cycle (cassava) and during cold storage (potato). SBE transcriptional changes paralleled changes in the amylopectin to amylose ratio in developing cassava roots, while the amylopectin-to-amylose ratio remains constant during potato tuber development. Cassava root starch quantity and quality, sugar content, and relative SBE expression were summarized from four publications [81, 137, 143, 144]. Potato tuber starch content and composition, relative SBE transcript expression during tuber development were adapted from [145, 146], and the cold storage changes were adapted from [147]. Graphs were drawn in Microsoft® PowerPoint using the published data found in Table S1

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