| Abstract: | Two waxy endosperm mutant lines, K107Wx1 and K107Wx2, derived from a bread wheat cultivar, Kanto 107, had a lower flour yield in test milling and a lower peak temperature in flour pasting measurement than their parent. Starch content in the kernel of waxy mutants was low, while fat and (1→3),(1→4)‐β‐D‐glucan content was high compared with cv Kanto 107, but protein content was similar for all of them. Waxy mutants had less α‐amylase activity than their non‐waxy parent, and had lower peak viscosity of flour paste in the pasting medium of water. A pasting test in silver nitrate solution increased peak viscosity in both waxy and non‐waxy flours. The viscosity of waxy flour paste rapidly increased above 60°C, while that of non‐waxy flour paste increased gradually at 60–80°C. The difference in pasting behaviour was attributed to the presence of amylose in starch granules. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry |
