Development of vitamin A-rich cereals can help in alleviating the widespread problem of vitamin
A deficiency. We report here significant enhancement of kernel β-carotene in elite maize …

A pot experiment with 17 diverse genotypes of cucumber with four levels of salt stress viz., 0,
2, 4 and 6 dS m −1 was carried out during 2006. ANOVA revealed significant differences …

Traditional yellow maize though contains high kernel carotenoids, the concentration of
provitamin A (proA) is quite low (<2 μg/g), compared to recommended level (15 μg/g). It also …

The improvement of protein quality in maize so far has been based on recessive opaque2 (o2)
mutant that along with endosperm-modifiers led to development of quality protein maize (…

Pearl millet is a climate-resilient, nutritious crop with low input requirements that could provide
economic returns in marginal agro-ecologies. In this study, we report quantitative trait loci (…

Malnutrition is a widespread problem that affects human health, society, and the economy.
Traditional maize that serves as an important source of human nutrition is deficient in vitamin-…

Malnutrition has emerged as one of the major health problems worldwide. Traditional yellow
maize has low provitamin-A (proA) content and its genetic base in proA biofortification …

Globally, one-third of the population is affected by iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) deficiency, which is
severe in developing and underdeveloped countries where cereal-based diets predominate…

Background The demand of maize crop is increasing day by day, hence to reduce the production
and demand gap, there is a need to extract the high yielding parental lines to improve …

Micronutrient malnutrition, especially the paucity of iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) is posing a big
threat to the world affecting nearly 25% of worldwide population. Pearl millet is endowed with …