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. 1971 Jan;41(1):2-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF00279290.

Biochemical composition of maize (Zea mays L.) pollen : II. Effects of the endosperm mutants, waxy (wx), shrunken (sh 2) and sugary (su 1) on the carbohydrate and lipid percentage

P L Pfahler  1 , H F Linskens
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Biochemical composition of maize (Zea mays L.) pollen : II. Effects of the endosperm mutants, waxy (wx), shrunken (sh 2) and sugary (su 1) on the carbohydrate and lipid percentage

P L Pfahler et al. Theor Appl Genet. 1971 Jan.

Abstract

Mean percentages of sugars, water-soluble polysaccharides, starch, total carbohydrates and lipids were 40.1, 7.4, 28.6, 76.1, and 1.8 respectively. Differences among the mutants were found only for water-soluble polysaccharides with both wx and sh 2 decreasing the percentage a small but significant amount. In terms of the various carbohydrates measured, no correlation was found between the expression of these mutants in the pollen and the kernel.

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