starch content

collocation in English

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starch
noun[U]
uk
/stɑːtʃ/us
/stɑːrtʃ/
a white substance that exists in large amounts in potatoes and particular grains such ...
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content
adjective[after verb]
uk
/kənˈtent/us
/kənˈtent/
pleased with your situation and not hoping for change ...
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(Definition ofstarchandcontentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A considerable increase in thestarchcontentduring stages 8 and 9 coincided with the maximum rate of dry matter accumulation.
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In both maize and barley, a correlation exists between thestarchcontentof the endosperm and the level of prolamins in some of the mutants.
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The thinning treatments did not significantly influence thestarchcontentof the fruits.
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The sugary (su) loci have altered branching activity which lowers thestarchcontentconsiderably, su-1 being the standard sweet corn type.
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Another locus, dull, affects both branching activity and starch synthase and thus has a lowerstarchcontentwith a high amylose composition.
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Leafstarchcontentfollowed the same trend as that of bark and wood starch and again the thinning treatments did not have an affect.
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The results of these analyses help us show how plastid position is related to size, and how increased gravity conditions change the size andstarchcontentof amyloplasts.
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This suggests that, due to a highstarchcontent, heat production associated with hydration during the early stages of imbibition accounts for nearly all of the heat production rate.
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The seeds from the mutation programme are arranged in order of decreasingstarchcontentfrom a level similar to the parent lines to one with almost no starch.
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In a typical sheet of copy paper for instance, thestarchcontentmay be as high as 8%.
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Food products manufactured using extrusion usually have a highstarchcontent.
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The rice paste is typically made from sweet rice, which has a highstarchcontentand is therefore rather sticky.
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Polycaprolactone and polycaprolactone-starch composites decompose slower, but thestarchcontentaccelerates decomposition by leaving behind a porous, high surface area polycaprolactone.
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To harvest the starch in the stem, it is felled shortly before or early during this final flowering stage whenstarchcontentis highest.
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They are commonly used in risotto dishes and have a highstarchcontent.
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Thestarchcontentof the tigernut tubers decreases and the reducing sugar (invert sugar) content increases during storage.
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For the production of potato starch, potato varieties with highstarchcontent(high under water weight) and high starch yields are selected.
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Waxy potatoes have lowerstarchcontent(16-18%) than floury potatoes.
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The availability of new mutants with altered starch contents should provide a new impetus to research with peas.
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