Major QTL for carrot color are positionally associated with carotenoid biosynthetic genes and interact epistatically in a domesticated x wild carrot cross.

We performed QTL analyses for pigment content on a carotenoid biosynthesis function map based on progeny of a wild white carrot (QAL) which accumulates no pigments x domesticated orange carrot (B493), one of the richest sources of carotenoid pigments - mainly provitamin A a - and B-carotenes.

Bibliographic Details
Authors: JUST, B. J., SANTOS, C. A. F., YANDELL, B. S., SIMON, P. W.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2009
Country:Brasil
Institution:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/575513
Online Access:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/575513
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:QTL
Carrot
Cenoura
Biossíntese
Carotenóide
Description
Summary:We performed QTL analyses for pigment content on a carotenoid biosynthesis function map based on progeny of a wild white carrot (QAL) which accumulates no pigments x domesticated orange carrot (B493), one of the richest sources of carotenoid pigments - mainly provitamin A a - and B-carotenes.