Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The)

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  • Year: 1984
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue: 2

Ultra Structural Studies of High Lysine Sorghums

  • Author:
  • V. Jaya Mohan Rao1, S.L. Mehta1,, Nam Prakash1,, N.G.P. Rao1,
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 297 to 304

1National Research Centre for Sorghum, All India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement Project, IARI-Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030

Abstract

Endosperm structure in high lysine sorghums and their crosses was examined by scanning electron microscopy. The high lysine trait was associated with adherence of protein to large starch granules, surface granularity of the starch granules and the number of smaller starch granules present.