The team of Professor Xue Jiquan from the College of Agriculture of Northwest A&F University has made new progress in the research of corn kernel dehydration characteristics

Recently, the team of Professor Xue Jiquan from the College of Agriculture of Northwest A&F University published a research paper entitled "Biosynthesis, structure and functionality of starch granules in maize inbred lines with different kernel dehydration rate" in Food Chemistry

As one of the three major food crops in the world, corn is an important source of feed, food, energy and industrial raw materials, and has important strategic significance for China's food security and feed safety

In this study, 8 maize inbred lines selected from Shaan A group and Shaan B group were used as materials to measure the moisture content and transcriptome sequencing of grains at different developmental stages after pollination, combined with the structure and properties of grain starch, to determine the moisture content of grains.

The research was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program (2018YFD0100200) and Shaanxi Province Key Research and Development Program (2017ZDCXL-NY-02-04)

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Professor Xue Jiquan

Xue Jiquan, male, born in May 1964, from Shaanxi Wugong, professor and doctoral supervisor

In 1995, he was rated as the new star of science and technology in Shaanxi Province.

He is also the director of the Chinese Crop Society, the deputy leader of the National Corn Cultivation Group, the deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Crop Society, the member of the Shaanxi Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee, the deputy leader of the corn variety pre-examination professional group, the member of the corn expert guidance group of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Modern Head of Shaanxi Guanzhong Experimental Station of Agricultural Corn Industry Technology System, Chief Corn Expert of Shaanxi Province, Leader of Shaanxi Corn Breeding Cooperation Group, Chief Expert of Major Project of Shaanxi Science and Technology Coordination Innovation Project