Part I Structure -- 1 Fine Structure of Amylopectin (Eric Bertoft) -- 2 Fine Structure of Amylose (Isao Hanashiro) -- 3 Crystalline Structure in Starch (Denis Lourdin, Jean-Luc Putaux, Gabrielle Potocki-Véronèse, Chloé Chevigny, Agnès Rolland-Sabaté, and Alain Buléon) -- Part II Evolution -- 4 The Transition from Glycogen and Starch Metabolism in Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotes (Steven Ball, Christophe Colleoni, and Maria-Cecilia Arias) -- Part III Metabolism -- 5 Biosynthesis of Reserve Starch (Yasunori Nakamura) -- 6 Starch Biosynthesis in Leaves and Its Regulation (Christophe D'Hulst, Fabrice Wattebled, and Nicolas Szydlowski) -- 7 Starch Degradation (Julia Smirnova, Alisdair R. Fernie, and Martin Steup) -- 8 Protein-Protein Interactions during Starch Biosynthesis (Ian Tetlow, Fushan Liu, and Michael J. Emes) -- 9 Initiation Process of Starch Biosynthesis (Yasunori Nakamura) -- Part IV Biotechnology -- 10 Manipulation of Rice Starch Properties for Application (Naoko Fujita) -- 11 Increase of Grain Yields by Manipulating Starch Biosynthesis (Bilal Cakir, Aytug Tuncel, Seon-Kap Hwang and Thomas W. Okita) -- Part V Modification and Morphology -- 12 Phosphorylation of the Starch Granule (Andreas Blennow) -- 13 Morphological Variations of Starch Grains (Ryo Matsushima) -- BM Index.