Zea mays subsp. mays strain:VQL-2 Transcriptome or Gene expression

Maize is number one cereal crop in the world and is also considered as queen of the cereals. In India, 25% of the maize produce is consumed as food, while 61% is used for livestock and poultry industry. Thus micronutrient deficient maize affects human being besides livestock and poultry. Biofortified maize will be immense helpful for eradication of malnutrition as it is sustainable and less costly. Thus, molecular mechanism along with gene responsive to loading in maize kernel has not been studied so far which is prerequisite for understanding zinc accumulation in maize kernel at molecular level. This will help for increasing the zinc content in maize kernel either through conventional breeding by marker assistant selection or through transgenic technology by transferring the right gene. Therefore the present study was undertaken to identify smallRNA responsible for zinc accumulation in maize.