L.S. Boiteux

Publications of : L.S. Boiteux

A RAPD-PCR-based genetic diversity analysis of Helicoverpa armigera and H. zea populations in Brazil

Helicoverpa armigera is the most significant pest of agriculture in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australasia, causing damage to crops greater than US$2 billion annually and until 2013 it was not detected in Brazil. Helicoverpa zea is restricted to the American continent and is important to corn and a secondary pest of cotton and tomatoes. The wide range of crops exploi.. Read More»

Genet. Mol. Res. 16(3): gmr16038757

DOI: 10.4238/gmr16038757

Human Genetics Research Article

Breeding biofortified cowpea lines for semi-arid tropical areas by combining higher seed protein and mineral levels

C.A.F. Santos and L.S. Boiteux

One strategy to mitigate human malnutrition in semi-arid areas is to increase the protein and mineral content of cowpea cultivars. Total seed protein, potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, and sodium contents were quantified in elite cowpea lines, with the aim to develop cultivars that had improved levels of these nutrients. Eighty-seven F6 lines derived from 6 crosses were evaluated under rain-fed c.. Read More»

Genet. Mol. Res. 12(4): 2013.December.16.4

DOI: 10.4238/2013.December.16.4

Plant Genetics Research Article

Genetic control and transgressive segregation of zinc, iron, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and sodium accumulation in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) seeds

C.A. Fernandes Santos1 and L.S. Boiteux2

Cowpea crop, through combining a range of essential minerals with high quality proteins, plays an important role in providing nutritional security to human population living in semi-arid regions. Studies on genetics of biofortification with essential minerals are still quite scarce, and the major objective of the present study was to provide genetic information on development of cowpea cultivars w.. Read More»

Genet. Mol. Res. 14(1): 2015.January.16.10

DOI: 10.4238/2015.January.16.10