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Kevin V. Pixley
Researcher at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Publications - 75
Citations - 4008
Kevin V. Pixley is an academic researcher from International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Biofortification. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 72 publications receiving 3387 citations. Previous affiliations of Kevin V. Pixley include University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Enhancing the mineral and vitamin content of wheat and maize through plant breeding
J.I. Ortiz-Monasterio,Natalia Palacios-Rojas,E. Meng,Kevin V. Pixley,Richard Trethowan,Roberto J. Peña +5 more
TL;DR: Ex ante studies are required to quantify the burden of micronutrient deficiency and the potential of biofortification to achieve a significant improvement in human micronsutrient status in the deficient target population in order to determine whether aBiofortification program is cost-effective.
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Biofortified orange maize is as efficacious as a vitamin A supplement in Zambian children even in the presence of high liver reserves of vitamin A: a community-based, randomized placebo-controlled trial
Bryan M Gannon,Chisela Kaliwile,Sara A. Arscott,Samantha Schmaelzle,Justin Chileshe,Ng'andwe Kalungwana,Mofu Mosonda,Kevin V. Pixley,Cassim Masi,Sherry A Tanumihardjo +9 more
TL;DR: β-Carotene from maize was efficacious when consumed as a staple food in this population and could avoid the potential for hypervitaminosis A that was observed with the use of preformed VA from supplementation and fortification.
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Validation of the effects of molecular marker polymorphisms in LcyE and CrtRB1 on provitamin A concentrations for 26 tropical maize populations.
TL;DR: Polymorphisms identified for two loci, LcyE and CrtRB1, that govern critical steps in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in maize endosperm enable the opportunity to integrate marker-assisted selection (MAS) into carOTenoid breeding programs.
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Genetic diversity of African maize inbred lines revealed by SSR markers
TL;DR: The variability detected using SSR markers could potentially contribute towards effective utilization of the inbred lines for the exploitation of heterosis and formation of genetically diverse source populations in Ethiopian maize improvement programs.
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Genetic Diversity in CIMMYT Nontemperate Maize Germplasm: Landraces, Open Pollinated Varieties, and Inbred Lines
Marilyn L. Warburton,Jochen C. Reif,Matthias Frisch,Martin O. Bohn,Claudia Bedoya,X.C. Xia,José Crossa,Jorge Franco,Dave A. Hoisington,Kevin V. Pixley,Suketoshi Taba,Albrecht E. Melchinger +11 more
TL;DR: The objectives of this study were to examine the diversity in maize landraces, modern open pollinated varieties, and inbred lines adapted to nontemperate growing areas to find unique sources of allelic diversity that may be used in maize improvement.