Large variations in yield of dry matter and starch were found for different barley cultivars, including barleys with different amylose content. The microstructure, e. g. in granule size distributions, also differed between cultivars. In a waxy barley starch granules with a high content of amylose were found in the subaleurone layer, showing that different types of granules were found in different parts of the endosperm. The amylopectin in starch with different amylose content had similar chain length distributions and gelatinization characteristics.