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Generation and characterization of two novel low phytate mutations in soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.).
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Nov 2007
Yuan Feng-Jie, Zhao Hai-Jun, Ren Xue-Liang, Zhu Shen-Long, Fu Xu-Jun, Shu Qing-Yao
Abstract excerpt
Phytic acid (PA, myo-inositol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 hexakisphosphate) is important to the nutritional quality of soybean meal. Organic phosphorus (P) in PA is indigestible in humans and non-ruminant animals, which affects nutrition and causes P pollution of ground water from animal wastes. Two novel soybean [(Glycine max L. (Merr.)] low phytic acid (lpa) mutations were isolated and characterized. Gm-lpa-TW-1 had a...
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