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FILMSTARCH - To identify the optimum properties of starches for their utilisation in film formation

Reference	CIM13040
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Clifford Hedley
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Sandra Hill
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	Metabolic Biology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	201,136
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/2000
End date	01/10/2003
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The aim of this LINK proposal is to study the granular structure and properties of starches from a range of pea, wheat and potato variants and to relate these to those functional properties associated with various types of film formation. A film is defined as a continuous matrix ranging from 0.01mm to 10mm in thickness and covers films for packaging and sheets of plastic-type material for moulding. A series of unique mutant pea lines will be exploited as a potential source of raw material and will use pea seed starch as a model for understanding the relationship between starch granular structure and the formation and properties of films. This information will be used to help characterise starches from existing wheat and potato variants and to suggest routes for the genetic manipulation of potato starch granular structure to suit the production of films for various non-food uses.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	LINK: Competitive Industrial Materials (CIM) [1998-2002]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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