Milestones in understanding transport, sensing, and signaling of the plant nutrient phosphorus

SY Yang, WY Lin, YM Hsiao, TJ Chiou - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
As an essential nutrient element, phosphorus (P) is primarily acquired and translocated as
inorganic phosphate (Pi) by plant roots. Pi is often sequestered in the soil and becomes …

Genetic mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance that translate to crop yield stability

MV Mickelbart, PM Hasegawa… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Crop yield reduction as a consequence of increasingly severe climatic events threatens
global food security. Genetic loci that ensure productivity in challenging environments exist …

Landrace germplasm for improving yield and abiotic stress adaptation

SL Dwivedi, S Ceccarelli, MW Blair, HD Upadhyaya… - Trends in plant …, 2016 - cell.com
Plant landraces represent heterogeneous, local adaptations of domesticated species, and
thereby provide genetic resources that meet current and new challenges for farming in …

Improving phosphorus use efficiency: a complex trait with emerging opportunities

S Heuer, R Gaxiola, R Schilling… - The plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential nutrients for plants, and is indispensable for plant
growth and development. P deficiency severely limits crop yield, and regular fertilizer …

The protein kinase Pstol1 from traditional rice confers tolerance of phosphorus deficiency

R Gamuyao, JH Chin, J Pariasca-Tanaka, P Pesaresi… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
As an essential macroelement for all living cells, phosphorus is indispensable in agricultural
production systems. Natural phosphorus reserves are limited, and it is therefore important to …

Diversifying food systems in the pursuit of sustainable food production and healthy diets

SL Dwivedi, ETL Van Bueren, S Ceccarelli… - Trends in plant …, 2017 - cell.com
Increasing demand for nutritious, safe, and healthy food because of a growing population,
and the pledge to maintain biodiversity and other resources, pose a major challenge to …

Back to the future: revisiting MAS as a tool for modern plant breeding

JN Cobb, PS Biswas, JD Platten - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019 - Springer
Key message New models for integration of major gene MAS with modern breeding
approaches stand to greatly enhance the reliability and efficiency of breeding, facilitating the …

[HTML][HTML] Importance of landraces in cereal breeding for stress tolerance

D Marone, MA Russo, A Mores, DBM Ficco, G Laidò… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The renewed focus on cereal landraces is a response to some negative consequences of
modern agriculture and conventional breeding which led to a reduction of genetic diversity …

A natural uORF variant confers phosphorus acquisition diversity in soybean

Z Guo, H Cao, J Zhao, S Bai, W Peng, J Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for all organisms. Because P fertilizers are a non-
renewable resource and high fixation in soils, sustainable agriculture requires researchers …

Utilization of a Wheat660K SNP array-derived high-density genetic map for high-resolution map** of a major QTL for kernel number

F Cui, N Zhang, X Fan, W Zhang, C Zhao, L Yang… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
In crop plants, a high-density genetic linkage map is essential for both genetic and genomic
researches. The complexity and the large size of wheat genome have hampered the …