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Table 11.2.

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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)
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