Provitamin A Biofortification of Durum Wheat through a TILLING Approach

Identification of Lycopene epsilon cyclase (LCYE) gene mutants to potentially increase β-carotene content in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L.ssp. durum) through TILLING

(2018) Daniela Richaud et al.   PLoS One

Acceptance and adoption of biofortified crops in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

(2017) Elise F Talsma et al.   NUTRITION REVIEWS

Uncovering hidden variation in polyploid wheat

(2017) Ksenia V. Krasileva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency in Chinese Children: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis

(2017) Peige Song et al.   Nutrients

Provitamin A–biofortified maize increases serum β-carotene, but not retinol, in marginally nourished children: a cluster-randomized trial in rural Zambia

(2016) Amanda C Palmer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Elevated vitamin E content improves all-transβ-carotene accumulation and stability in biofortified sorghum

(2016) Ping Che et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carotenoids in Staple Cereals: Metabolism, Regulation, and Genetic Manipulation

(2016) Shengnan Zhai et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Metabolic Engineering of Wheat Provitamin A by Simultaneously Overexpressing CrtB and Silencing Carotenoid Hydroxylase (TaHYD)

(2015) Jian Zeng et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants

(2015) Nazia Nisar et al.   Molecular Plant

TILLING mutants of durum wheat result in a high amylose phenotype and provide information on alternative splicing mechanisms

(2015) Francesco Sestili et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Enrichment of provitamin A content in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by introduction of the bacterial carotenoid biosynthetic genes CrtB and CrtI

(2014) Cheng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Development of a TILLING resource in durum wheat for reverse- and forward-genetic analyses

(2014) R. Bovina et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Anin vitrosystem for the rapid functional characterization of genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis and accumulation

(2013) Chao Bai et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Downregulation of the lycopene ϵ-cyclase gene increases carotenoid synthesis via the β-branch-specific pathway and enhances salt-stress tolerance in sweetpotato transgenic calli

(2012) Sun Ha Kim et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

High resolution melting analysis for the detection of EMS induced mutations in wheat SbeIIa genes

(2011) Ermelinda Botticella et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Impact of vitamin A supplementation on infant and childhood mortality

(2011) Aamer Imdad et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Travel advice on the road to carotenoids in plants

(2010) Gemma Farré et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

A modified TILLING approach to detect induced mutations in tetraploid and hexaploid wheat

(2009) Cristobal Uauy et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Genetic variability in yellow pigment components in cultivated and wild tetraploid wheats

(2009) A.M. Digesù et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE

Molecular and functional characterization of a novel chromoplast-specific lycopene β-cyclase from Citrus and its relation to lycopene accumulation

(2009) Berta Alquézar et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Mutation discovery for crop improvement

(2009) M. A. J. Parry et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Production of novel allelic variation for genes involved in starch biosynthesis through mutagenesis

(2009) F. Sestili et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

A whole-genome snapshot of 454 sequences exposes the composition of the barley genome and provides evidence for parallel evolution of genome size in wheat and barley

(2009) Thomas Wicker et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

A Modified TILLING Method for Wheat Breeding

(2009) Chongmei Dong et al.   Plant Genome

Biofortified crops to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition

(2008) Jorge E Mayer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Abscisic acid deficiency in the tomato mutant high-pigment 3 leading to increased plastid number and higher fruit lycopene content

(2008) Navot Galpaz et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Combinatorial genetic transformation generates a library of metabolic phenotypes for the carotenoid pathway in maize

(2008) C. Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Natural Genetic Variation in Lycopene Epsilon Cyclase Tapped for Maize Biofortification

(2008) C. E. Harjes et al.   SCIENCE

Metabolic engineering of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants

(2008) Giovanni Giuliano et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY