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Improvement of a Yairipok Chujak Maize Landrace from North Eastern Himalayan Region for β-Carotene Content through Molecular Marker-Assisted Backcross Breeding.
Genes - 18 May 2021
Qutub Maqbool, Chandran Sarankumar, Rathinavel Krishnakumar, Sampathrajan Vellaikumar, Rajasekaran Ravikesavan, Manickam Sudha, Adhimoolam Karthikeyan, Muniyandi Samuel Jeberson, Natesan Senthil
Abstract excerpt
In the North Eastern Himalayan region (NEHR) of India, maize is an important food crop. The local people cultivate the maize landraces and consume them as food. However, these landraces are deficient in β-carotene content. Thus, we aimed to incorporate the crtRB1 gene from UMI285β+ into the genetic background of the NEHR maize landrace, Yairipok Chujak (CAUM66), and thereby enhance the β-carotene content through...
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