“…Except for X1, the temperature parameters (To, Tp and Tc) had a significant positive relationship with the Mw of amylose, proportion of very long amylopectin branch chains (DP 25–36, DP ≥ 37) and CL (r = 0.94, 0.89, 0.82, 0.87; r = 0.94, 0.84, 0.88, 0.88; r = 0.93, 0.76, 0.73, 0.84, p < 0.05) but showed a significant negative correlation with the Mw of amylopectin and proportion of short average amylopectin branch chains (DP 6–12) (r = −0.84, −0.85, −0.71, r = −0.85, −0.89, −0.79 and −0.70, −0.76, −0.72, p < 0.05). This generally agreed with previous results for sweet potato starch 40 , waxy maize starch 41 , barley starch 42 , amaranth starch 43 and wheat starch 24 , which indicated that a higher proportion of short chains of DP 6–12 resulted in a lower gelatinization temperature and enthalpy, whereas a higher proportion of chains of DP 24–36, ≥37 was correlated with a higher gelatinization temperature. The enthalpy (ΔHg) and relative crystallinity had a significant correlation with short, long, very long amylopectin branch chains and CL (r = −0.96, 0.97, 0.88, 0.94 and r = −0.88, 0.86, 0.70, 0.79, p < 0.05).…”