TABLE 7.

QTLs/Genes associated with carotenoids and folate concentrations in rice, wheat, maize, and pearl millet.

Crop	Nutrient	QTL/gene	Chromosome	References
Rice	Folate	qQTF-3-1, qQTF-3-2 and qQTF-3-3	3	Dong et al. (2013)
Wheat	Carotenoid	Lute	7	Ahmad et al. (2015)
Wheat	Provitamin A	Psy-B1	7	Pozniak et al. (2007)
		Psy-A1	7	He et al. (2008)
		QYpc-1A, Qypc-1B, Qypc-4A, and Qypc-7A	1A, 1B, 4A, and 7A	Zhang et al. (2009)
		TaZds-A1	2A	Dong et al. (2012)
		AO1, AO2, and AO3	2, 5, and 7	Colasuonno et al. (2017)
Maize	Folate	q5-FTHFa and q5-FTHFb	5	Guo et al. (2019)
Maize	Provitamin A	lcyE	8	Harjes et al. (2008)
		crtRB1	10	Yan et al. (2010)
		crtRB3	2	Vallabhaneni and Wurtzel (2009); Zhou et al. (2012)
		Y1/PSY1	6	Buckner et al. (1996)
		PDS	1	Li et al. (1996).
		ZDS
		(ZISO)/y9 locus	7	Chen et al. (2010); Matthews et al. (2003)
		qbc1-1, qbc5-1, qbc6-1, and qbc10-1	1, 5, 6, and 10	Jittham et al. (2017)
Maize	Lutein	qtll/umc1447–umc1692–umc2373	5	Chander et al. (2008)
		Qtll /phi091–atf2	7	Chander et al. (2008)
		qlut1-1 and qlut6-1	1 and 6	Jittham et al. (2017)
Maize	Zeaxanthin	qtlz/phi30870–umc1553	1	Chander et al. (2008)
		qtlz/phi115–umc1735	8	Chander et al. (2008)
		ZEP1		Vallabhaneni and Wurtzel (2009); Zhou et al. (2012)
		qzea6-1, qzea8-1, and qzea10-1	6, 8, and 10	Jittham et al. (2017)
		PS1/LCYB	5	Singh et al. (2003)
Sorghum	β-carotene	Bc-1.1, Bc-2.1, Bc-2.2, Bc-2.3, Bc-10b.1	1,2, 10b	Fernandez et al. (2008)