Term Name: starch catabolic process
Synonyms: starch breakdown, starch catabolism, starch degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of starch, the most important reserve polysaccharide in plants.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0005983]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: glucan catabolic process starch metabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of starch catabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of starch catabolic process
regulated by: regulation of starch catabolic process