Kernel modifications and tryptophan content in QPM segregating generations

Maize has poor nutritional value due to deficiency of two essential amino acids - tryptophan and lysine. Although recessive opaque2 (o2) mutation significantly increases their content in the endosperm, incorporation of opaque2 into high yielding cultivars was not commercially successful, because of...

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Main Authors: -Ignjatović-Micić Dragana, Stanković Goran, Marković Ksenija, Mladenović-Drinić Snežana, Lazić-Jančić Vesna, Denić Miloje
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serbian Genetics Society 2010-01-01
Series:Genetika
Subjects:
QPM
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0534-0012/2010/0534-00121002267M.pdf