Genetic Diversity and Genome Wide Association Study of β-Glucan Content in Tetraploid Wheat Grains.

Non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) have many health benefits, including immunomodulatory activity, lowering serum cholesterol, a faecal bulking effect, enhanced absorption of certain minerals, prebiotic effects and the amelioration of type II diabetes. The principal components of the NSP in cereal gr...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Marcotuli, Kelly Houston, Julian G Schwerdt, Robbie Waugh, Geoffrey B Fincher, Rachel A Burton, Antonio Blanco, Agata Gadaleta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4821454?pdf=render