Carotenoid Pigment Content in Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum): An Overview of Quantitative Trait Loci and Candidate Genes

Carotenoid Pigment Content in Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum): An Overview of Quantitative Trait Loci and Candidate Genes

Carotenoid pigment content is an important quality trait as it confers a natural bright yellow color to pasta preferred by consumers (whiteness vs. yellowness) and nutrients, such as provitamin A and antioxidants, essential for human diet. The main goal of the present review is to summarize the know...

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Main Authors: Pasqualina Colasuonno, Ilaria Marcotuli, Antonio Blanco, Marco Maccaferri, Giuseppe Emanuele Condorelli, Roberto Tuberosa, Roberto Parada, Adriano Costa de Camargo, Andrés R. Schwember, Agata Gadaleta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
durum wheat
grain yellow pigment content
carotenoids
yellow index
marker-assisted selection
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.01347/full

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