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Allelic variation at Psy1-A1 and association with yellow pigment in durum wheat grain.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 May 2009
Singh A, Reimer S, Pozniak C J, Clarke F R, Clarke J M, Knox R E, Singh A K
Abstract excerpt
The yellow pigment (YP) of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) semolina is due in part to the presence of carotenoid pigments found in the endosperm and is an important end-use quality trait. Phytoene synthase (Psy) is considered a rate-limiting enzyme in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway and in this study, three alleles of Psy1-A1 were sequenced from four durum wheat cultivars and a co-dominant marker...
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