?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Regulation+of+carotenoid+biosynthesis+in+banana+fruit&rft.creator=Buah%2C+Stephen&rft.subject=Carotenoid+accumulation&rft.subject=Transcriptional&rft.subject=Amyloplasts&rft.subject=Sequestration&rft.subject=Gene+expression&rft.subject=Gene+isolation&rft.subject=HPLC&rft.subject=RT-qPCR&rft.subject=Gene+silencing&rft.subject=Pro-vitamin+A&rft.description=This+thesis+investigated+the+basis+for+massive+differences+in+provitamin+A+carotenoid+content+in+banana+fruits.+Rather+than+gene+expression+levels%2C+carotenoid+storage+capacity+and+product+degradation+explained+much+of+the+differences.+Such+information+should+provide+important+insights+for+future+developments+in+the+biofortification+of+banana.+A+high+carotenoid-containing+cultivar%2C+'Asupina'+and+a+popular+commercial+but+low+carotenoid-containing+cultivar%2C+'Cavendish'+were+used+in+the+investigations.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2015&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F82719%2F1%2FStephen_Buah_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Buah%2C+Stephen+(2015)+Regulation+of+carotenoid+biosynthesis+in+banana+fruit.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F82719%2F&rft.identifier=Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty%3B+School+of+Earth%2C+Environmental+%26+Biological+Sciences