Exploitation of natural variability in maize for β - carotene content using HPLC and gene specific markers

Exploitation of natural variability in maize for β - carotene content using HPLC and gene specific markers

Vitamin A deficiency is a major world health problem, affecting up to 127 million pre-school children and 7 millionpregnant women worldwide (West, 2003). Human selection for yellow endosperm has led to diversification of graincarotenoid content and composition. This variation has remained largely un...

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Main Author: Tura Safawo, N. Senthil*, M. Raveendran, S. Vellaikumar, K. N. Ganesan, G. Nallathambi, S. Saranya, V. G. Shobhana, B. Abirami and E. Vijaya Gowri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2010-07-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
Subjects:
Maize
beta carotene
marker
variability
Online Access:http://sites.google.com/site/ejpb10/vol-1-4-3/Vol-1-4-548-555.pdf?attredirects=0

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