The Quest for Golden Bananas: Investigating Carotenoid Regulation in a Fe'i Group Musa Cultivar

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 3176-3185

  Buah, Stephen ^a   Mlalazi, Bulukani ^a   Khanna, Harjeet ^a   Dale, James L ^a   Mortimer, Cara L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

banana; biofortification; carotenoids; fruit development; Musa; pro Vitamin A; secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; PIGMENTS;

BANANA; BIOFORTIFICATION; CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; MUSA; SECONDARY METABOLISM; VITAMIN A;

FRUITS;

CAROTENOID;

GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAROTENOIDS; MUSA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84966430143     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05740     Document Type: Article

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