Crop yield: challenges from a metabolic perspective

Author(s)

Rossi, Magdalena ^[1] ; Bermudez, Luisa ^{[2, 3]} ; Carrari, Fernando ^{[2, 3]}

Affiliation

^[1] Dept Bot IB USP, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

^[3] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Agron, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF - Argentina

• Document type: Review article
• Source: Current Opinion in Plant Biology; v. 25, p. 79-89, JUN 2015.
• Web of Science Citations: 18

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. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/50481-5 - Unraveling the regulation of vitamin E metabolism in Solanum lycopersicum
• Grantee: Maria Magdalena Rossi
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 14/10651-1 - Manipulation of senescence and chlorophyll catabolism for yield and nutritional quality improvement
• Grantee: Maria Magdalena Rossi
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants