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Cura Annonae—Chemically Boosting Crop Yields Through Metabolic Feeding of a Plant Signaling Precursor
Author(s) -
Vocadlo David J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201701474
Subject(s) - metabolite , crop , chemistry , boosting (machine learning) , reprogramming , metabolism , starch , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , biology , computer science , gene , machine learning
The cream of the crop : With the world facing a projected shortfall of crops by 2050, new approaches are needed to boost crop yields. Metabolic feeding of plants with photocaged trehalose‐6‐phosphate (Tre6P) can increase levels of the signaling metabolite Tre6P in the plant. Reprogramming of cellular metabolism by Tre6P stimulates a program of plant growth and enhanced crop yields, while boosting starch content.