Genetic and Environmental Variation in Starch Content, Starch Granule Distribution and Starch Polymer Molecular

Larbi Rhazi1, Benoît Méléard2, Olfa Daaloul3

  • 1Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle, Université d'Artois, ULR 7519, 19 rue Pierre Waguet, BP 30313, 60026 Beauvais, France.

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