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T1 - Addressing Research Bottlenecks to Crop Productivity
AU - Reynolds, M.
AU - Atkin, O.K.
AU - Bennett, M.
AU - Cooper, M.
AU - Dodd, I.C.
AU - Foulkes, M.J.
AU - Frohberg, C.
AU - Hammer, G.
AU - Henderson, I.R.
AU - Huang, B.
AU - Korzun, V.
AU - McCouch, S.R.
AU - Messina, C.D.
AU - Pogson, B.J.
AU - Slafer, G.A.
AU - Taylor, N.L.
AU - Wittich, P.E.
PY - 2021/6/30
Y1 - 2021/6/30
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - crop growth model
KW - hormones
KW - public-private-partnership
KW - recombination
KW - respiration
KW - roots
KW - source:sink
U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.011
M3 - Journal article
VL - 26
SP - 607
EP - 630
JO - Trends in Plant Science
JF - Trends in Plant Science
SN - 1360-1385
IS - 6
ER -