Incorporation of opaque-2 into ‘UMI 1200’, an elite maize inbred line, through marker-assisted backcross breeding

Incorporation of opaque-2 into ‘UMI 1200’, an elite maize inbred line, through marker-assisted backcross breeding

Maize is an important agricultural plant valued for its productivity and nutritive qualities. However, a deficiency of two essential amino acids (lysine and tryptophan) significantly reduces the nutritional quality of maize proteins. The recessive opaque-2 (o2) mutant has a greater content of lysine...

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Main Authors: Bharathi Pukalenthy, Dhasarathan Manickam, Sarankumar Chandran, Karthikeyan Adhimoolam, Vellaikumar Sampathrajan, Ravikesavan Rajasekaran, Kavithapushpam Arunachalam, Hemalatha Ganapathyswamy, Vanniarajan Chocklingam, Vignesh Muthusamy, Firoz Hossain, Senthil Natesan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment
Subjects:
lysine and tryptophan
quality protein maize
simple sequence repeats
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2018.1556121

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