“…Using HPSECevaporative light scattering detector (ELSD) with pullulans as standards, the number-average molecular weight of amyloses from 7 C. esculenta varieties ranged from 3.0 to 3.5 Â 10 5 , which is lower than that of cassava starch (Mweta, Labuschagne, Bonnet, Swarts, & Saka, 2010). The polydispersity indexes of these amyloses werẽ 1.2, similar to that of cassava (Mweta et al, 2010). The weightaverage molecular size of amyloses from 3 C. esculenta varieties planted at three different seasons had a degree of polymerization (DP) of 1734e2320, and the size depended on the interactions between planting season and genotype (Lu et al, 2008).…”