Crop yield: challenges from a metabolic perspective.
Curr Opin Plant Biol
; 25: 79-89, 2015 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26002068
ABSTRACT
Considering the dual use of plants, as bio-factories for foods and feedstock for bio-refining, along with a rising world population, the plant biotechnology field is currently facing a dramatic challenge to develop crops with higher yield. Furthermore, convergent studies predict that global changes in climate will influence crop productivity by modifying most yield-associated traits. Here, we review recent advances in the understanding of plant metabolism directly or indirectly impacting on yield and provide an update of the different pathways proposed as targets for metabolic engineering aiming to optimize source-sink relationships.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Plantas
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Desenvolvimento Vegetal
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Opin Plant Biol
Assunto da revista:
BOTANICA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil