Carotenoids are lipophilic isoprenoid compounds synthesized by all photosynthetic
organisms and some non-photosynthetic prokaryotes and fungi. With some notable …

Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and critical in human diets. Plastids are the
organelles for carotenoid biosynthesis and storage in plant cells. They exist in various types …

Carotenoids are a diverse group of pigments widely distributed in nature. The vivid yellow,
orange, and red colors of many horticultural crops are attributed to the overaccumulation of …

The nitrogen–nitrogen bond is a core feature of diverse functional groups like hydrazines,
nitrosamines, diazos, and pyrazoles. Such functional groups are found in> 300 known …

New technologies are redefining how plant biology will meet societal challenges in health,
nutrition, agriculture, and energy. Rapid and inexpensive genome and transcriptome …

Protoporphyrin IX iron complex (heme) is an important cofactor for oxygen transfer, oxygen
storage, oxygen activation, and electron transfer when bound to the heme proteins …

Carotenoids are essential pigments to plants and important natural products to humans.
Carotenoids as both primary and specialized metabolites fulfill multifaceted functions in …

Highlights•Carotenoid biofortification of all major crops has been obtained.•Studies show
good levels of bioaccessibility/bioavailability of the produced carotenoids.•Additional studies …

Rice tillering is an important agronomic trait affecting grain yield. Here, we identified a high-
tillering mutant tillering20 (t20), which could be restored to the wild type by treatment with the …

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