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A
B
100
m
m
Densely stained
immature starch
granules
100
m
m
D
C
100
m
m
Protein crystals
Vacuole
Cytoplasm
100
m
m
E
F
100
m
m
100
m
m
G
H
Figure 4.1 Light micrographs of raw (left) and cooked (right) tuber parenchyma from
Nadine (A and B), Moonlight (C and D), Agria (E and F), and Red Rascal (G and H) potato
cultivars. Reproduced from
Bordoloi, Kaur, et al. (2012)
with permission from Elsevier.
matrix and the extent of deformation and integrity of cell walls vary among
cultivars. Potato tuber parenchyma retains cell wall outline after cooking and
the cells are filled with gelatinized starch matrix, as observed for cultivar
