Cereal Chem 48:647 - 654.  |  VIEW ARTICLE
Comparison of Starch from Triticale and its Parental Species.

A. J. Klassen and R. D. Hill. Copyright 1971 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

Chemical and physical properties of a triticale starch were compared with starch of the parental cultivars of durum wheat and rye, and with a cultivar of hard red spring wheat. Triticale starch granules were similar in appearance to those of the rye parent. Mean particle diameter was intermediate between those of the two parents. The particle-size distribution was bimodal, with peaks corresponding to the single peaks of each of the parent species. Triticale, like its rye parent, had high amylase activity as measured by amylograph viscosity. The amylose content of the triticale line was considerably lower than that of its parents. Triticale amylose had a higher sedimentation coefficient than the amylose of the parental species, suggesting a higher molecular weight for this component.