Provitamin A biofortification of cassava enhances shelf life but reduces dry matter content of storage roots due to altered carbon partitioning into starch

Storage roots of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a major subsistence crop of sub‐Saharan Africa, are calorie rich but deficient in essential micronutrients, including provitamin A β‐carotene. In this study, β‐carotene concentrations in cassava storage roots were enhanced by co‐expression of tran...

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Autores principales: Beyene, Getu, Solomon, Felix R., Chauhan, Raj D., Gaitán‐Solis, Eliana, Narayanan, Narayanan, Gehan, Jackson, Siritunga, Dimuth, Stevens, Robyn L., Jifon, John, Van Eck, Joyce, Linsler, Edward, Gehan, Malia, Ilyas, Muhammad, Fregene, Martin, Sayre, Richard T., Anderson, Paul, Taylor, Nigel J., Cahoon, Edgar B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5978869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29193665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12862

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