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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Serbian Genetics Society
2010-01-01
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Series: | Genetika |
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0534-0012/2010/0534-00121002267M.pdf |