Mining for allelic gold: finding genetic variation in photosynthetic traits in crops and wild relatives.
J Exp Bot
; 73(10): 3085-3108, 2022 05 23.
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| ID: mdl-35274686
ABSTRACT
Improvement of photosynthetic traits in crops to increase yield potential and crop resilience has recently become a major breeding target. Synthetic biology and genetic technologies offer unparalleled opportunities to create new genetics for photosynthetic traits driven by existing fundamental knowledge. However, large 'gene bank' collections of germplasm comprising historical collections of crop species and their relatives offer a wealth of opportunities to find novel allelic variation in the key steps of photosynthesis, to identify new mechanisms and to accelerate genetic progress in crop breeding programmes. Here we explore the available genetic resources in food and fibre crops, strategies to selectively target allelic variation in genes underpinning key photosynthetic processes, and deployment of this variation via gene editing in modern elite material.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Melhoramento Vegetal
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Ouro
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
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J Exp Bot
Assunto da revista:
BOTANICA
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article
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Austrália