This manuscript bas been reproduced from. the microfilm master. UMI filmsthe te:x:J: directly from the original or co py submitted. Thus. some thesisaDddissertation copies are in typewriter fitce, while othen:may be from any type ofcomputer priDt",.The quality of this reproductioa is depeadeat UpoD the quLity or the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print. colored or poor quality iIlumati= om! photo grap hs, print blcedthrougll, submndanl awgins.andimproper alignment can advcnefy affect reproduction.In the unIikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manusaipt and there are missing Pagel, these will be noted. Also, if unauth orized co pyri ght material bad to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Icntil-Express field pees-Green Arrow pea>black bean-pinto bean) . The Xeay diffraction intensities increased in Green Arrow pea starch,but decreased in the other starc hes (Exp ress field pea>b lack bean>p into bean>Eston lentil). However, the X-ray pattern of aUstarc hes remained unchanged after beat treatm ent. Differential scanning calorimetry of the heat treat ed samples showed broad ening afthe gelatinization temperature range and a shifting of the end othermal tn:nsitio n to wards a higher tem perature (EstOR lentil-Express field pea>black bean-pinto bean) .However, the gelatiniz:ati o n enthalpy ( AH) of all starchesremai ned unchan ged . The suscep tibility towards hydrolysis by porcine panaeatic a -amylase increased o n heat treatment (black bean> Esto n Ientil>Express field pea>pinto bean>Grten Arrow pea ). The action of e -amy laseon the statebesdecreased &H in Est on lentil andExpress field pea starches. How ever,.ili decreased only marginall y in pinto bean and black beanstan::bes . Acid hydrolysis (2.2N Ha ) increasedo n heat treatment (black. bean>.Expressfield pea-Bstco lentil-pinto bean>Green Arrow pea). The results sho wed tha t bonding forces within the amorp hous regions of the granul e. aystallite orientation and the granule surface(in Green Arrow pea and Eston lentil) are altered during hea t trea tment . The magnitud e ofthese changes being depend ent u pon the starchsource . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS