Field Crop 2024, Vol.7, No.4, 222-231 http://cropscipublisher.com/index.php/fc 224 In summary, the nutritional value of maize is determined by a complex interplay of genetic, agronomic, and environmental factors. Understanding these influences can help in developing strategies to enhance the nutritional quality of maize, thereby improving food and nutrition security. Figure 1 Principal component analysis of the grain yield (GY), protein (Prot), oil, starch, phytic phosphorus (Phy), phenolics (Phen), yellow pigment (YP), and glutathione (GSH) contents, reduction capacity of the DPPH radical (DPPH), and concentrations of Mg, Ca, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, and S in maize with different kernel colors (W, white; Y, yellow; R, red), under different fertilizer treatments(BF, biofertilizer; OF, organic fertilizer; Ur, urea; Con, control) (Adopted from Dragičević et al., 2022)
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