Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and critical in human diets. Plastids are the
organelles for carotenoid biosynthesis and storage in plant cells. They exist in various types …

Carotenoids are mostly C 40 terpenoids, a class of hydrocarbons that participate in various
biological processes in plants, such as photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis …

Foxtail millet (Setaria italica), which was domesticated from the wild species green foxtail
(Setaria viridis), is a rich source of phytonutrients for humans. To evaluate how breeding …

Plant carotenoids are a family of pigments that participate in light harvesting and are
essential for photoprotection against excess light. Furthermore, they act as precursors for the …

Carotenoids are a diverse group of colourful pigments naturally found in plants, algae, fungi
and bacteria. They play essential roles in development, photosynthesis, root-mycorrhizal …

Carotenoids are natural isoprenoid pigments that provide leaves, fruits, vegetables and
flowers with distinctive yellow, orange and some reddish colours as well as several aromas …

Carotenoids represent a large class of terpenoids characterized by an extensively
conjugated polyene chain. The conjugation system imparts carotenoids with excellent light …

Flower colour is a key component for plant signaling to pollinators and a staggering variety
of colour variations are found in nature. Patterning of flower colour, such as pigment spots or …

Isoprenoids are one of the largest groups of natural compounds and have a variety of
important functions in the primary metabolism of land plants and algae. In recent years, our …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit accumulate the red carotenoid pigment lycopene. The
recessive mutation yellow-flesh (locus r) in tomato eliminates fruit carotenoids by disrupting …