Corn Starch: Quality and Quantity Improvement for Industrial Uses

Corn starch serves as food, feed, and a raw material for industrial use. Starch makes up most of the biomass of the corn hybrid and is the most important and main yield component in corn breeding programs. Starch is composed of two polymers, branched amylopectin and linear amylose, which normally co...

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Published in:Plants (Basel) 2021-12, Vol.11 (1), p.92
Main Authors: Yu, Ju-Kyung, Moon, Yong-Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amylopectin
Amylose
Biofuels
Biosynthesis
Capital costs
Corn
CRISPR
Crop production
Enzymes
Ethanol
Feeds
Genetics
Glucose
Grain
Industrial applications
Livestock
Mutation
Niche markets
Physical properties
Plant breeding
Polymers
Review
Starch
starch biosynthesis
Sucrose
User needs
Vegetables
wet milling
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Summary:Corn starch serves as food, feed, and a raw material for industrial use. Starch makes up most of the biomass of the corn hybrid and is the most important and main yield component in corn breeding programs. Starch is composed of two polymers, branched amylopectin and linear amylose, which normally constitute about 75% and 25% of the corn starch, respectively. Breeding for corn starch quality has become economically beneficial because of the development of niche markets for specialty grains. In addition, due to the increased demands of biofuel production, corn ethanol production is receiving more attention. Consequently, improving starch quantity has become one of the most important breeding objectives. This review will summarize the use of corn starch, and the genetics and breeding of grain quality and quantity for industrial applications.
ISSN:2223-7747
2223-7747
DOI:10.3390/plants11010092