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Sunandha Chaggar
Researcher at Syngenta
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Citations - 1206
Sunandha Chaggar is an academic researcher from Syngenta. The author has contributed to research in topics: Golden rice & Phytoene synthase. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1057 citations.
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Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content
Jacqueline Ann Mary Paine,Shipton Catherine Ann,Sunandha Chaggar,Rhian M. Howells,Mike J Kennedy,Gareth Vernon,Susan Y Wright,Edward Hinchliffe,Jessica L Adams,Aron Louis Silverstone,Rachel Drake +10 more
TL;DR: This work hypothesized that the daffodil gene encoding phytoene synthase (psy), one of the two genes used to develop Golden Rice, was the limiting step in β-carotene accumulation, and identified a psy from maize that substantially increased carotenoid accumulation in a model plant system.