Screening sweetcorn for enhanced zeaxanthin concentration

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Fanning, Kent J ^a   Martin, Ian ^b   Wong, Lung ^b   Keating, Veronique ^b   Pun, Sharon ^a   O'Hare, Tim ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Carotenoid; Screening; Sweetcorn; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CRYPTOXANTHIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FRUIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA CAROTENE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMMERCE; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAPONINS; XANTHOPHYLLS; ZEA MAYS; CRYPTOXANTHINS; ZEAXANTHINS;

EID: 70450028506     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3787     Document Type: Article

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