Publications by authors named "Juan P Arciniegas"
Cassava is a staple food used in many countries around the world, despite deficiencies in micronutrients such as provitamin A carotenoids. Unfortunately, improvement of the cassava nutritional content by use of conventional breeding is slow and difficult. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop and standardize protocols using biotechnological tools to improve cassava.
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- * The study focuses on the ORANGE protein (OR), which helps boost carotenoid accumulation, and its interaction with phytoene synthase (PSY), critical for carotenoid biosynthesis.
- * Findings indicate that yellow cassava varieties have higher OR protein levels and that manipulating gene expression in cassava embryogenic callus can significantly enhance carotenoid accumulation.