1. Improving crop Yield potential: Underlying biological processes and future prospects
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Burgess, Alexandra, Masclaux-Daubresse, Céline, Strittmatter, Günter, Weber, Andreas, Taylor, Samuel Harry, Harbinson, Jeremy, Yin, Xinyou, Long, Stephen, Paul, Matthew, Westhoff, Peter, Loreto, Francesco, Ceriotti, Aldo, Saltenis, Vandasue, Pribil, Mathias, Nacry, Philippe, Scharff, Lars, Jensen, Poul Erik, Muller, Bertrand, Cohan, Jean‐pierre, Foulkes, John, Rogowsky, Peter, Debaeke, Philippe, Meyer, Christian, Nelissen, Hilde, Inzé, Dirk, Klein Lankhorst, René, Parry, Martin, Murchie, Erik, Baekelandt, Alexandra, University of Nottingham, UK (UON), Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf = Heinrich Heine University [Düsseldorf]-Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIPZ)-Universität zu Köln = University of Cologne, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), University College of London [London] (UCL), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Urbana], University of Illinois System, Rothamsted Research, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes (BPMP), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Department of Food Science [Copenhagen] (UCPH FOOD), Faculty of Science [Copenhagen], University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Écophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress environnementaux (LEPSE), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), ARVALIS - Institut du végétal [Paris], Reproduction et développement des plantes (RDP), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires (AGIR), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), European Commission 817690, and European Project: 817690,ERC
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food supply ,photosynthesis ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology ,crop yield ,nutrient remobilisation ,crop improvement ,organ growth - Abstract
International audience; The growing world population and global increases in the standard of living both result in an increasing demand for food, feed and other plant- derived products. In the coming years, plant- based research will be among the major drivers ensuring food security and the expansion of the bio- based economy. Crop productivity is determined by several factors, including the available physical and agricultural resources, crop management, and the resource use efficiency, quality and intrinsic yield potential of the chosen crop. This review focuses on intrinsic yield potential, since understanding its determinants and their biological basis will allow to maximize the plant's potential in food and energy production. Yield potential is determined by a variety of complex traits that integrate strictly regulated processes and their underlying gene regulatory networks. Due to this inherent complexity, numerous potential targets have been identified that could be exploited to increase crop yield. These encompass diverse metabolic and physical processes at the cellular, organ and canopy level. We present an overview of some of the distinct biological processes considered to be crucial for yield determination that could further be exploited to improve future crop productivity.
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- 2023