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October 07, 2014

Natural gene selection can produce orange corn rich in provitamin A for Africa, U.S.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 07, 2014
Purdue researchers have identified a set of genes that can be used to naturally boost the provitamin A content of corn kernels, a finding that could help combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries and macular degeneration in the elderly. Professor of agronomy Torbert Rocheford and fellow researchers found gene variations that can be selected to change nutritionally poor white corn into biofortified orange corn with high levels of provitamin A carotenoids - substances that the human body c ... read more

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