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Jyotirmaya Mathan | Zendy; Juhi Bhattacharya | Zendy; Aashish Ranjan | Zendy

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Enhancing crop yield by optimizing plant developmental features

Author(s) -

Jyotirmaya Mathan,

Juhi Bhattacharya,

Aashish Ranjan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.15

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1477-9129

pISSN - 0950-1991

DOI - 10.1242/dev.134072

Subject(s) - biology , crop , domestication , crop yield , genetic architecture , yield (engineering) , agronomy , biomass (ecology) , microbiology and biotechnology , quantitative trait locus , ecology , gene , biochemistry , materials science , metallurgy

A number of plant features and traits, such as overall plant architecture, leaf structure and morphological features, vascular architecture and flowering time are important determinants of photosynthetic efficiency and hence the overall performance of crop plants. The optimization of such developmental traits thus has great potential to increase biomass and crop yield. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of these developmental traits in crop plants, summarizing their genetic regulation and highlighting the potential of manipulating these traits for crop improvement. We also briefly review the effects of domestication on the developmental features of crop plants. Finally, we discuss the potential of functional genomics-based approaches to optimize plant developmental traits to increase yield.

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