Starch is the most widespread and abundant storage carbohydrate in plants. We depend
upon starch for our nutrition, exploit its unique properties in industry, and use it as a …

Progress in understanding starch biosynthesis, and the isolation of many of the genes
involved in this process, has enabled the genetic modification of crops in a rational manner …

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and CRISPR‐associated protein‐
9 (CRISPR‐Cas9) can be used as an efficient tool for genome editing in potato (Solanum …

Key message Altered starch quality with full knockout of GBSS gene function in potato was
achieved using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, through transient transfection and regeneration …

Comprehensive in scope, Food Polysaccharides and Their Applications, Second Edition
explains the production aspects and the chemical and physical properties of the main …

▪ Abstract Nonphotosynthetic plastids are important sites for the biosynthesis of starch, fatty
acids, and the assimilation of nitrogen into amino acids in a wide range of plant tissues …

The waxy (Wx) gene of rice encodes a granule‐bound starch synthase (GBSS= waxy
protein) required for the synthesis of amylose in endosperm. An analysis of Wx transcripts …

Postharvest waste and loss of horticultural crops exacerbates the agricultural problems
facing humankind and will continue to do so in the next decade. Fruits and vegetables …

Abstract The Waxy (Wx) protein has been identified as granule-bound starch synthase
(GBSS; EC 24.1. 21), which is involved in amylose synthesis in plants. Although common …

Background Starch is stored in higher plants as granules composed of semi-crystalline
amylopectin and amorphous amylose. Starch granules provide energy for the plant during …