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Maize is a staple food crop for many people in Africa where millions of children, pregnant women and nursing mothers suffer from vitamin A deficiency. The β-carotene found in yellow maize can be used as a primary source of provitamin A. Several tropical yellow endosperm maize inbred lines with va...


Adeyemo, O. SarahMenkir, A.Gedil, M.Omidiji, O.[Carotenoid and molecular markerbased diversity assessment in tropical yellow endosperm maize inbred lines]Carotenoid and molecular markerbased diversity assessment in tropical yellow endosperm maize inbred lines

Development of pro-vitamin A (PVA) biofortified staple crops has been promoted as an option for addressing vitamin A deficiency in humans. Recently, crtRBI, lcyE and zep1 genes of carotenoid biosynthesis pathway have been identified as contributors to PVA accumulation in maize endosperm. High phe...


Gebremeskel, S.García Oliveira, A.L.Menkir, A.Adetimirin, V.Gedil, M.[Effectiveness of predictive markers for marker assisted selection of pro-vitamin A carotenoids in medium-late maturing maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines]Effectiveness of predictive markers for marker assisted selection of pro-vitamin A carotenoids in medium-late maturing maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines

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