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Development of β-carotene rich maize hybrids through marker-assisted introgression of β-carotene hydroxylase allele.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Muthusamy Vignesh, Hossain Firoz, Thirunavukkarasu Nepolean, Choudhary Mukesh, Saha Supradip, Bhat Jayant S, Prasanna Boddupalli M, Gupta Hari S
Abstract excerpt
Development of vitamin A-rich cereals can help in alleviating the widespread problem of vitamin A deficiency. We report here significant enhancement of kernel β-carotene in elite maize genotypes through accelerated marker-assisted backcross breeding. A favourable allele (543 bp) of the β-carotene hydroxylase (crtRB1) gene was introgressed in the seven elite inbred parents, which were low (1.4 µg/g) in kernel...
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