Improvement of a Yairipok Chujak Maize Landrace from North Eastern Himalayan Region for β-Carotene Content through Molecular Marker-Assisted Backcross Breeding

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 geneti...

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Published in:Genes (Basel)
Main Authors: Qutub, Maqbool, Chandran, Sarankumar, Rathinavel, Krishnakumar, Sampathrajan, Vellaikumar, Rajasekaran, Ravikesavan, Manickam, Sudha, Adhimoolam, Karthikeyan, Muniyandi, Samuel Jeberson, Natesan, Senthil
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Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157291/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34069791
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12050762
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