Revolutions in agriculture chart a course for targeted breeding of old and new crops

Eshed, Y., Lippman, Z. B. (September 2019) Revolutions in agriculture chart a course for targeted breeding of old and new crops. Science, 366 (6466). ISSN 0036-8075

URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488704
DOI: 10.1126/science.aax0025

Abstract

The dominance of the major crops that feed humans and their livestock arose from agricultural revolutions that increased productivity and adapted plants to large-scale farming practices. Two hormone systems that universally control flowering and plant architecture, florigen and gibberellin, were the source of multiple revolutions that modified reproductive transitions and proportional growth among plant parts. While step-changes based on serendipitous mutations in these hormone systems laid the foundation, genetic and agronomic tuning was required for broad agricultural benefits. We propose that generating targeted genetic variation in core components of both systems would elicit a wider range of phenotypic variation. Incorporating this enhanced diversity into breeding programs of conventional and underutilized crops can help meet future needs of the human diet and promote sustainable agriculture.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
organism description > plant behavior
organism description > plant behavior > crop yield improvement
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > hormones
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > mutations
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Communities: CSHL labs > Lippman lab
Depositing User: Matthew Dunn
Date: 5 September 2019
Date Deposited: 16 Sep 2019 15:52
Last Modified: 02 Feb 2024 14:59
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/38401

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