Characterisation of starch during germination and seedling
1. Phenotyping RS4 and R7954 at 10.5 GD. A: Germination rate (%) and leaf length (cm). FL: first leaf; SL: second leaf; WS: whole shoot including germ and roots; B: Photograph
of seedlings, upper panel RS4, lower panel R7954. C: Total amylase activity of ten germinating seeds from mutant RS4 and wild type R7954 expressed as mg glucose produced per
5 mg native starch in 5 min. “*” and “**” indicate a significant difference between RS4 and R7954 at P < 0.0.05 and P < 0.0.01 respectively.