Globally, two billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. Cereal grains provide
more than 50% of the daily requirement of calories in human diets, but they often fail to …

Background Flowering time is an important agronomic trait of crops and significantly affects
plant adaptation and seed production. Flowering time varies greatly among maize (Zea …

The nutritional traits of maize kernels are important for human and animal nutrition, and
these traits have undergone selection to meet the diverse nutritional needs of humans …

Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and critical components of the human diet. The
carotenoid metabolic pathway is conserved across plant species, but our understanding of …

Core Ideas Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses for carotenoids in chickpea were
completed for three F2 populations. A moderate number of QTLs and candidate genes …

Key message Twelve QTL for flowering and leaf number were detected. The ZmWRKY14
Hap4 could increase leaf number, flowering time and biomass yield which are promising for …

The production and consumption of maize (Zea mays) are the highest for human food as
well as animal feed. Maize lacks essential amino acids (lysine, tryptophan), micronutrients …

Key message Genetic architecture controlling grain lutein content of common wheat was
investigated through an integration of genome-wide association study (GWAS) and linkage …

The interest in antioxidant compound breeding in maize (Zea mays L.), a major food crop,
has increased in recent years. However, breeding of antioxidant compounds in maize can …

Zeaxanthin is a naturally occurring xanthophyll carotenoid obtained from diet sources.
Particularly, sweet corn is a major source of dietary zeaxanthin. To investigate the genetic …