Mutation increasing β-carotene concentrations does not adversely affect concentrations of essential mineral elements in pepper fruit
In: PLOS ONE, Jg. 12 (2017-02-16), Heft 2, p e0172180, S. e0172180
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Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are prevalent in human populations throughout the world. Vitamin A deficiency affects hundreds of millions of pre-school age children in low income countries. Fruits of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) can be a major dietary source of precursors to Vitamin A biosynthesis, such as β-carotene. Recently, pepper breeding programs have introduced the orange-fruited (of) trait of the mutant variety Oranzheva kapiya, which is associated with high fruit β-carotene concentrations, to the mutant variety Albena. In this manuscript, concentrations of β-carotene and mineral elements (magnesium, phosphorus, sulphur, potassium, zinc, calcium, manganese, iron and copper) were compared in fruit from P31, a red-fruited genotype derived from the variety Albena, and M38, a genotype developed by transferring the orange-fruited mutation (of) into Albena. It was observed that fruit from M38 plants had greater β-carotene concentration at both commercial and botanical maturity (4.9 and 52.7 mg / kg fresh weight, respectively) than fruit from P31 plants (2.3 and 30.1 mg / kg fresh weight, respectively). The mutation producing high β-carotene concentrations in pepper fruits had no detrimental effect on the concentrations of mineral elements required for human nutrition.
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Mutation increasing β-carotene concentrations does not adversely affect concentrations of essential mineral elements in pepper fruit
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Thompson, Jacqueline ; Nielen, Stephan ; Penchev, E. ; Tomlekova, Nasya ; White, Philip J. |
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Zeitschrift: | PLOS ONE, Jg. 12 (2017-02-16), Heft 2, p e0172180, S. e0172180 |
Veröffentlichung: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017 |
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0172180 |
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