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Genetic Nature of Elemental Contents in Wheat Grains and Its Genomic Prediction: Toward the Effective Use of Wheat Landraces from Afghanistan.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Manickavelu Alagu, Hattori Tomohiro, Yamaoka Shuhei, Yoshimura Kazusa, Kondou Youichi, Onogi Akio, Matsui Minami, Iwata Hiroyoshi, Ban Tomohiro
Abstract excerpt
Profiling elemental contents in wheat grains and clarifying the underlying genetic systems are important for the breeding of biofortified crops. Our objective was to evaluate the genetic potential of 269 Afghan wheat landraces for increasing elemental contents in wheat cultivars. The contents of three major (Mg, K, and P) and three minor (Mn, Fe, and Zn) elements in wheat grains were measured by energy dispersive...
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