Table S1 Details of inbred lines used in the study
S. No. / Inbred / Source population / Institution / β-carotene (µg/g)1 / VQL1-PV / (VQL1/HP465-43)-BC2-43-7 / IARI, New Delhi / 13.9
2 / VQL2-PV / (VQL2/HP465-41)-BC2-6-24 / IARI, New Delhi / 17.3
3 / V335-PV / (V335/HP465-30)-BC2-19-57 / IARI, New Delhi / 11.8
4 / V345-PV / (V345/HP465-35)-BC2-23-14 / IARI, New Delhi / 13.4
5 / HKI161-PV / (HKI1105/HP467-6)-BC2-3-52 / IARI, New Delhi / 11.7
6 / HKI1105-PV / (HKI323/HP467-4)-BC2-23-18 / IARI, New Delhi / 10.0
7 / HKI323-PV / (HKI161/HP467-13)-BC2-15-43 / IARI, New Delhi / 9.2
8 / Pant125 / Pob446 / GBPUAT, Pantnagar / 1.6
9 / CM150Q / (CM150/ CML161)-BC2 / IARI, New Delhi / 3.7
10 / DMRIL47 / (NAI116/ CM139)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 1.1
11 / V372 / PRO-337OP / VPKAS, Almora / 3.3
12 / HP233-20 / DTPYC9 / CIMMYT-HarvestPlus / 2.7
13 / HP467-15 / KUI carotenoid syn-FS11/ (KU1409/DE3/KU1409) / CIMMYT-HarvestPlus / 17.2
14 / HP467-20 / KUI carotenoid syn-FS17/ (KU1409/DE3/KU1409) / CIMMYT-HarvestPlus / 11.1
15 / HP465-41 / KUI carotenoid syn-FS25/ (KU1409/DE3/KU1409) / CIMMYT-HarvestPlus / 15.7
16 / HP704-22 / KUI carotenoid syn-FS11/ (KU1409/DE3/KU1409) / CIMMYT-HarvestPlus / 17.3
17 / HP704-23 / KUI carotenoid syn-FS17/ (KU1409/DE3/KU1409) / CIMMYT-HarvestPlus / 18.8
18 / MGU-PV-1 / (Pant120/ HP465-20)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 6.9
19 / MGU-PV-2 / (DM RIL47/HP465-20)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 11.7
20 / MGU-PV-3 / (CM150Q/ HP467-4)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 9.1
21 / MGU-PV-4 / (CM150Q/ HP467-9)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 4.9
22 / MGU-PV-5 / (SE547/CM150Q)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 1.9
23 / MGU-PV-6 / (DMRIL47/CM150Q)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 6.3
24 / MGU-PV-7 / (HP233-20/CM150Q)-F2 / IARI, New Delhi / 3.3
Mean / 9.3 / 9.41
SE / 0.43 / 0.48