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From: Development of β-carotene, lysine, and tryptophan-rich maize (Zea mays) inbreds through marker-assisted gene pyramiding

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Foreground and background selection and morphological traits evaluation in ICF2 and ICF3 populations. (a) Foreground selection of ICF2 lines from DBT-IC-β1σ4 using crtRB1 gene specific marker crtRB1 3’TE, (M) Ladder (100 bp), (P1) CE477, (P2) UMI1200, (1–10) ICF2 plants; (b) Foreground selection of ICF2 lines from DBT-IC-β1σ4, using o2 gene linked marker umc1066, (M) Ladder (100 bp), (P1) UMI1200, (P2) VQL 1, (1–10) ICF2 plants; (c) Foreground selection of ICF2 lines from DBT-IC-β2σ5 using crtRB1 gene specific marker crtRB1 3’TE, (M) Ladder (100 bp), (P1) CE477, (P2) UMI1230, (1–10) ICF2 plants; (d), Foreground selection of ICF2 lines from DBT-IC-β2σ5 using o2 gene linked marker umc1066, (M) Ladder (100 bp), (P1) UMI1230, (P2) VQL 1, (1–10) ICF2 plants; (e, f, i and j), Background selection of ICF3 lines from DBT-IC-β1σ4, (M) Ladder (100 bp), (P1) UMI1200, (P2) CE477, (P3) VQL 1, (1–3) ICF3 plants; (g, h, k and l), Background selection of ICF3 lines from DBT-IC-β2σ5, (M) Ladder (100 bp), (P1) UMI1230, (P2) CE477, (P3) VQL 1, (1–3) ICF2 plants; (mp), Evaluation of morphological traits in ICF3 lines. UMI 1200 (m), UMI1230 (n), DBT-ICβ1σ4-4-8-8 (o), DBT-IC-β2σ5-9-53-53 (p).

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