Yield and the quality formation of the high starch maize is closely related to dry matter accumulation, the nutrient uptake, carbon and nitrogen metabolism, and the grain sugar and starch formation.

高淀粉玉米产量和品质的形成与干物质积累、养分吸收、碳氮代谢、籽粒库的糖分与淀粉形成关系密切。

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"Eleven of the 14 tools had predominantly or exclusively maize starch grains on the working surfaces, and two working surfaces had maize phytoliths (mineral excretions by the plant), " they recorded.

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They wrote that 69% of the specimens contained maize starch grains, the dominant source of starch in the diet at that time.

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PLAs are formed when molecules of lactic acid (which is obtained, in this case, from maize starch) join together to form long chains.

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