It has been just over a decade since the release of the maize (Zea mays) Nested Association
Mapping (NAM) population. The NAM population has been and continues to be an …

Micronutrient deficiencies have been identified as major public health problems affecting a
large part of the world's population. Biofortification of staple crops like maize has been …

Efforts are underway for development of crops with improved levels of provitamin A
carotenoids to help combat dietary vitamin A deficiency. As a global staple crop with …

Experimental approaches targeting carotenoid biosynthetic enzymes have successfully
increased the seed β-carotene content of crops. However, linkage analysis of seed …

Tocopherols and tocotrienols, collectively known as tocochromanols, are the major lipid-
soluble antioxidants in maize (Zea mays L.) grain. Given that individual tocochromanols …

Key message Genome-wide association analysis in CIMMYT's association panel revealed
new favorable native genomic variations in/nearby important genes such as hydroxylases …

Flowering time is one of the major adaptive traits in domestication of maize and an important
selection criterion in breeding. To detect more maize flowering time variants we evaluated …

Key message A 159 bp deletion in ClFS1 gene encoding IQD protein is responsible for fruit
shape in watermelon. Abstract Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] is …

Plant volatiles not only have multiple defense functions against herbivores, fungi, and
bacteria, but also have been implicated in signaling within the plant and toward other …

Tocopherols, tocotrienols, and plastochromanols (collectively termed tocochromanols) are
lipid-soluble antioxidants synthesized by all plants. Their dietary intake, primarily from seed …