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Maize is a staple food for millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa where a significant number of people suffer from vitamin A deficiency. Yellow maize contains both pro-vitamin A and nonprovitamin A carotenoids with potential health benefits to humans. An improvement in the concentration of thes...


Menkir, A.Liu, W.White, W.S.Maziya-Dixon, B.B.Rocheford, T.[Carotenoid diversity in tropicaladapted yellow maize inbred lines]Carotenoid diversity in tropicaladapted yellow maize inbred lines
Autor: Menkir, A.

Increasing the concentrations of Fe and Zn in staple food crops through breeding has been proposed as one strategy to minimize the adverse effects of widespread mineral deficiencies in humans. This approach requires the presence of adequate genetic differences in concentrations of grain minerals ...


Menkir, A.[Genetic variation for grain mineral content in tropicaladapted maize inbred lines]Genetic variation for grain mineral content in tropicaladapted maize inbred lines

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