Vitamin A deficiency is a public health problem in a large number of countries.
Biofortification of major staple crops (wheat [Triticum aestivum], rice [Oryza sativa], maize …

Background Since the creation of “Golden Rice”, biofortification of plant-derived foods is a
promising strategy for the alleviation of nutritional deficiencies. Potato is the most important …

Astaxanthin is a high value carotenoid produced by some bacteria, a few green algae,
several fungi but only a limited number of plants from the genus Adonis. Astaxanthin has …

Background Potato is a major staple food, and modification of its provitamin content is a
possible means for alleviating nutritional deficiencies. beta-carotene is the main dietary …

Background Beta-carotene is the main dietary precursor of vitamin A. Potato tubers contain
low levels of carotenoids, composed mainly of the xanthophylls lutein (in the beta-epsilon …

After wheat and rice, potato is the third most important staple food worldwide. A collection of
ten tetraploid (Solanum tuberosum) and diploid (S. phureja and S. chacoense) genotypes …

Key message Genome-wide QTL analysis of potato tuber carotenoid content was
investigated in populations of Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja that segregate for flesh …

Carotenoids serve diverse functions in vastly different organisms that both produce and
consume them. Enhanced carotenoid accumulation is of great importance in the visual and …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers contain a wide range of carotenoid contents. To
decipher the key factors controlling carotenoid levels in tubers, four potato lines (Atlantic …

Carotenoids are critically important to plants and humans. The ORANGE (OR) gene is a key
regulator for carotenoid accumulation, but its physiological roles in crops remain elusive. In …