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Molecular and biochemical characterization of a potato collection with contrasting tuber carotenoid content.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Sulli Maria, Mandolino Giuseppe, Sturaro Monica, Onofri Chiara, Diretto Gianfranco, Parisi Bruno, Giuliano Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
After wheat and rice, potato is the third most important staple food worldwide. A collection of ten tetraploid (Solanum tuberosum) and diploid (S. phureja and S. chacoense) genotypes with contrasting carotenoid content was subjected to molecular characterization with respect to candidate carotenoid loci and metabolic profiling using LC-HRMS. Irrespective of ploidy and taxonomy, tubers of these genotypes fell into...
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