The development of C4 rice: current progress and future challenges

Another “green revolution” is needed for crop yields to meet demands for food. The international C 4 Rice Consortium is working toward introducing a higher-capacity photosynthetic mechanism—the C 4 pathway—into rice to increase yield. The goal is to identify the genes necessary to install C 4 photos...

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Autores principales: von Caemmerer, Susanne, Quick, W. Paul, Furbank, Robert T.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/165761
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Sumario:Another “green revolution” is needed for crop yields to meet demands for food. The international C 4 Rice Consortium is working toward introducing a higher-capacity photosynthetic mechanism—the C 4 pathway—into rice to increase yield. The goal is to identify the genes necessary to install C 4 photosynthesis in rice through different approaches, including genomic and transcriptional sequence comparisons and mutant screening.