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Table 11.2.
(Continued)
Transgenic
Starch
Grain/Tuber
Target
Approach
Content/ Yield
Starch Structure
Morphology
Application
Reference
Soluble starch
Antisense
No effect
Amylopectin
Granules cracked
—
Abel et al. 1996,
synthase
inhibition
chain length
with deep
Marshall et al.
of SS III
altered, more
fissures
1996; Fulton
P in starch
et al. 2002
Soluble and
Antisense
No effect
Less amylose,
Concentric
Freeze/thaw-
Jobling et al. 2002,
granule-
inhibition of
shorter
granules
stable starch
Fulton et al. 2002
bound starch
GBSS I, SS II
amylopectin
synthases
& SS III
chains
Starch
Antisense
Decreased yield
Amylose
Granule
High amylose
Schwall et al. 2000
branching
inhibition of
increased to
morphology
and high P
enzymes
SBE I and
70%, low
altered
starch
SBE II
amylopectin, five-fold moreP in starch
Starch water
Antisense
No effect
Less P in starch
Not determined
Low P starch
Lorberth et al. 1998
dikinase
inhibition of R1
(R1)