Research Article

Effect of Cultivar and Planting Time on Resistant Starch Accumulation in Pigeonpea Grown in Virginia

Table 2

The RS, HS, and TS values (g/100 g dry weight basis) of four pigeonpea cultivars (GA1, GA2, W1, and W2) and two planting times (PT1 and PT2) during 2011.

Cultivar/planting timeResistant starch*Hydrolyzed starch*Total starch*% RS*

GA117.91ab5.21b23.11b76.87
GA214.68b5.16b19.83b71.35ab
W121.35a6.6a27.95a69.86ab
W315.03b7.11a22.14b63.53b
PT115.83b5.52b21.36b71.6a
PT218.65a6.51a25.16a69.2a

*Means of three replications and two experiments; means with the same letter (a or b) are not significantly different.