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Table 1 Amylose content in starch from potato tubers of a range of lines exhibiting silencing of GBSS (1041 lines) or overexpressing SBEII (1047 lines)

From: Overexpression of STARCH BRANCHING ENZYME II increases short-chain branching of amylopectin and alters the physicochemical properties of starch from potato tuber

Line

% Amylose

WT676

26.3 ± 0.3

WT898

21.4 ± 0.3

WT903

21.5 ± 0.9

EV33-3

20.6 ± 0.2

EV33-5

18.8 ± 0.8

EV34-33

22.2 ± 0.2

1041-1

4.9 ± 0.3

1041-3

3.1 ± 1.0

1041-4

21.3 ± 0.2

1041-16

5.6 ± 0.3

1047-3

19.2 ± 0.3

1047-5

17.0 ± 0.3

1047-12

17.9 ± 0.6

1047-15

23.4 ± 0.8

1047-17

19.4 ± 0.3

1047-23

22.2 ± 0.8

  1. Starch was also prepared and assayed from wild-type (WT) and empty vector (EV) control plants grown alongside the transgenic lines. Data are means ± SD (n = 4 technical replicates).