Biochemical characterization of elite maize (Zea mays) germplasm for carotenoids composition

S CHANGAN; D P CHAUDHARY; S KUMAR; B KUMAR; J KAUL; S GULERIA; S L JAT; A SINGODE; M TUFCHI; S LANGYAN; O P YADAV

doi:10.56093/ijas.v87i1.67017

Authors

S CHANGAN ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
D P CHAUDHARY ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
S KUMAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
B KUMAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
J KAUL ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
S GULERIA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
S L JAT ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
A SINGODE ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
M TUFCHI ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
S LANGYAN ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
O P YADAV ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v87i1.67017

Keywords:

β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, Carotenoids, Maize, QPM, Zeaxanthin

Abstract

A set of 100 inbred lines comprising of 50 normal and 50 quality protein maize (QPM) were analyzed for carotenoids
composition such as total carotenoids, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin. Seven QPM {HKI-3-4-8-6, HKI
34(1+2)-1, HKI 164-4(1-3), NP-06-07R-76-8, NP-06-07R-80-6, LQPM-42 and LQPM-40} and 9 normal lines {DML-288, DML-2, DML-112, DML-309, DML-45, BAJIM-08-27, BAJIM-13-1, HKI 1105 and HKI 1155} were found to possess significantly higher carotenoids as compared to the check (DMRQPM 103). Kernel colour intensity and total
carotenoid contents showed highly significant positive correlation (r = 0.491**), whereas no significant correlation
was observed between kernel colour and β-carotene (r = 0.014). Based on the carotenoids studied, a set of 16 lines
{HKI-3-4-8-6, HKI 34(1+2)-1, HKI 164-4(1-3), NP-06-07R-76-8, NP-06-07R-80-6, LQPM-42, LQPM-40, DML-288, DML-2, DML-112, DML-309, DML-45, BAJIM-08-27, BAJIM-13-1, HKI 1105 and HKI 1155} was identified as promising lines which can effectively be utilized in the future breeding programmes towards the development of nutritionally improved maize (Zea mays L.).

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