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ISSN : 2321–8045
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MOLECULAR BREEDING FOR LOW PHYTATE MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)
Deepti B. Sagare, Prashant Shetti
Abstract :
Maize is the third important major food crop. Phytic Acid (PA) in maize kernel is an anti-nutritional factor; it chelates mineral cations in human gut and causes mineral deficiency in humans. Therefore, development of low-PA maize is required. Breeding for low phytate maize genotypes is an effective strategy for decreasing the content of kernel PA and thereby increasing the bioavailability of nutritive minerals in human diet and animal feed. In maize, three low phytic acid (lpa) mutants have been isolated viz., lpa1, lpa2 and lpa3.
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