Sharma, A. and Prasad, Surendra and Kumar, R.A. and Jaiswal, S. and Agrawal, P.K. and Kant, L. and Bhatt, J.C. (2020) Analytical assessment of maize kernels for Fe, Zn, and β-carotene dense cultivars with low phytate contents. Acta Alimentaria, 49 (1). pp. 40-48. ISSN 0139-3006
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Abstract
The present paper reports that significant genetic variability was evident in Fe, Zn, β-carotene, and phytic acid (phytate, PA) contents in a set of 39 diverse maize genotypes collected from maize breeding programme of hill agriculture, India. The Fe, Zn, β-carotene, and PA concentrations were found to be in the range 19.31–50.64 mg kg−1, 12.60–37.18 mg kg−1, 0.17–8.27 µg g−1, and 6.59–7.13 g kg−1, respectively. The genotypes V335, V420, V393, V416, V414, V372, and V351 were identified to have higher concentration of β-carotene, Fe, and Zn but lower amount of PA. Possible availability of the minerals Fe and Zn was determined using molar ratio between PA as inhibitor and β-carotene as promoter for their absorption. The micronutrient molar ratio showed that Fe and Zn traits could be dependent of each other. Low R2 value revealed relation between β-carotene and kernel colour. The selected genotypes could be considered as potential sources of favourable genes for further breeding programs to develop micronutrient enriched maize cultivars.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) > School of Biological and Chemical Sciences |
Depositing User: | Ms Shalni Sanjana |
Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2020 22:57 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2020 22:57 |
URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/12443 |
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