Addressing research bottlenecks to crop productivity
Reynolds, M.P.
Addressing research bottlenecks to crop productivity - Amsterdam (Netherlands) : Elsevier, 2021.
Peer review Open Access
Asymmetry of investment in crop research leads to knowledge gaps and lost opportunities to accelerate genetic gain through identifying new sources and combinations of traits and alleles. On the basis of consultation with scientists from most major seed companies, we identified several research areas with three common features: (i) relatively underrepresented in the literature; (ii) high probability of boosting productivity in a wide range of crops and environments; and (iii) could be researched in ‘precompetitive’ space, leveraging previous knowledge, and thereby improving models that guide crop breeding and management decisions. Areas identified included research into hormones, recombination, respiration, roots, and source–sink, which, along with new opportunities in phenomics, genomics, and bioinformatics, make it more feasible to explore crop genetic resources and improve breeding strategies.
Text in English
1360-1385
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.011
Hormones
Recombination
Respiration
Roots
Source sink relations
Public-private partnerships
Growth models
Addressing research bottlenecks to crop productivity - Amsterdam (Netherlands) : Elsevier, 2021.
Peer review Open Access
Asymmetry of investment in crop research leads to knowledge gaps and lost opportunities to accelerate genetic gain through identifying new sources and combinations of traits and alleles. On the basis of consultation with scientists from most major seed companies, we identified several research areas with three common features: (i) relatively underrepresented in the literature; (ii) high probability of boosting productivity in a wide range of crops and environments; and (iii) could be researched in ‘precompetitive’ space, leveraging previous knowledge, and thereby improving models that guide crop breeding and management decisions. Areas identified included research into hormones, recombination, respiration, roots, and source–sink, which, along with new opportunities in phenomics, genomics, and bioinformatics, make it more feasible to explore crop genetic resources and improve breeding strategies.
Text in English
1360-1385
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.011
Hormones
Recombination
Respiration
Roots
Source sink relations
Public-private partnerships
Growth models