@article{Thanh_Lan_Huong_2019, title={Allelic polymorphism of <i> crtRB1 </i> and <i> LcyE </i> genes related to the β-carotene content in Vietnamese traditional maize accessions,}, volume={41}, url={https://vjs.ac.vn/index.php/vjbio/article/view/13815}, DOI={10.15625/0866-7160/v41n3.13815}, abstractNote={&lt;p&gt;Maize is the third most important food crop after wheat and rice. Maize is used as food for more than a billion people around the world and is used as animal feed, especially, poultry. The concentration of carotenoids, especially, β-carotene in maize grains, is very low. Therefore, the study of increasing the amount of provitamin A carotenoids including β-carotene is important. In maize, different alleles of &lt;em&gt;crtRB1&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;LcyE&lt;/em&gt; genes have a significant effect on β-carotene content. In this paper, we present the results of the study of allele polymorphism of these two genes related to the provitamin A carotenoid content in some traditional maize accessions collected from several regions in North and Central Highlands of Vietnam. The results showed that there were polymorphisms at the 3’ and 5’ ends of the &lt;em&gt;crtRB1&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;LcyE&lt;/em&gt; genes. Among 22 maize accessions, the proportion of favorable alleles at the 3’ end of &lt;em&gt;crtRB1 &lt;/em&gt;gene was relatively high (5/22 = 22.73%). Similar results were obtained for alleles at 3’ end of the &lt;em&gt;LcyE&lt;/em&gt; gene. Especially, there is an accession (Northern white gold maize) that carries favorable alleles at the 3’ ends of both &lt;em&gt;crtRB1&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;LcyE&lt;/em&gt; genes. While all investigated maize accessions did not carry favorable alleles at the 5’ end of both &lt;em&gt;crtRB1&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;LcyE&lt;/em&gt; genes. The identification of traditional maize accessions that carry favorable alleles for increasing b-carotene content opens up potential to exploit indigenous genetic resources for genetic research as well as to develop maize varieties with high β- carotene content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={Academia Journal of Biology}, author={Thanh, Nguyen Duc and Lan, Nguyen Thi and Huong, Ho Thi}, year={2019}, month={Jul.} }