Allelic variations for lycopene-ε-cyclase and β-carotene hydroxylase genes in maize inbreds and their utilization in β-carotene enrichment programme

Vitamin A deficiency is a global health problem and can be effectively alleviated through crop biofortification. Quantification of carotenoids using high-performance liquid chromatography is expensive and time-consuming, thereby posing a challenge in the selection of genotypes with high provitamin A...

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Main Authors: Vignesh Muthusamy, Firoz Hossain, Nepolean Thirunavukkarasu, Supradip Saha, Hari Shanker Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-12-01
Series:Cogent Food & Agriculture
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2015.1033141