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T1 - The importance of conserving Mexico's tomato agrodiversity to research plant biochemistry under different climates
AU - Sandoval-Ceballos, M.G.
AU - Kalungwana, N.A.
AU - Griffin, J.H.C.
AU - Martínez-Guerra, G.
AU - Ramírez-Ramírez, I.
AU - Maldonado-Peralta, R.
AU - Marshall, L.
AU - Bosch, C.
AU - Cruz-Huerta, N.
AU - Gonzalez-Santos, R.
AU - León, P.
AU - Chávez-Servia, J.L.
AU - González-Hernández, V.A.
AU - Phelps, J.
AU - Toledo-Ortiz, G.
PY - 2021/11/30
Y1 - 2021/11/30
N2 - Tomatoes are important to agriculture, human nutrition and cuisines globally. However, many commercial tomato varieties, including the saladette that dominates the North American market, are highly sensitive to environmental changes that impact yields and critical biochemical pathways including carotenoids and isoprenoids that influence nutritional content and flavour. We highlight the potential of tomato agrodiversity, notably its genetic diversity, as an undervalued research tool for understanding environmental regulation of plant biochemistry under different climates. Yet, tomato genetic diversity in Mexico, the major centre of tomato domestication, is not formally described or protected. We propose that transdisciplinary efforts are essential to identify, conserve and research these globally significant genetic resources.
AB - Tomatoes are important to agriculture, human nutrition and cuisines globally. However, many commercial tomato varieties, including the saladette that dominates the North American market, are highly sensitive to environmental changes that impact yields and critical biochemical pathways including carotenoids and isoprenoids that influence nutritional content and flavour. We highlight the potential of tomato agrodiversity, notably its genetic diversity, as an undervalued research tool for understanding environmental regulation of plant biochemistry under different climates. Yet, tomato genetic diversity in Mexico, the major centre of tomato domestication, is not formally described or protected. We propose that transdisciplinary efforts are essential to identify, conserve and research these globally significant genetic resources.
KW - carotenoids
KW - conservation
KW - genetic resources
KW - Mexico
KW - transdisciplinary
U2 - 10.1002/ppp3.10218
DO - 10.1002/ppp3.10218
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 703
EP - 709
JO - Plants, People, Planet
JF - Plants, People, Planet
SN - 2572-2611
IS - 6
ER -