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Benefiting others and self: Production of vitamins in plants
Author(s) -
Li Yufei,
Yang Chenkun,
Ahmad Hasan,
Maher Mohamed,
Fang Chuanying,
Luo Jie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/jipb.13047
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , trait , quantitative trait locus , crop , molecular breeding , agronomy , genetics , gene , computer science , programming language
Vitamins maintain growth and development in humans, animals, and plants. Because plants serve as essential producers of vitamins, increasing the vitamin contents in plants has become a goal of crop breeding worldwide. Here, we begin with a summary of the functions of vitamins. We then review the achievements to date in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying how vitamins are synthesized, transported, and regulated in plants. We also stress the exploration of variation in vitamins by the use of forward genetic approaches, such as quantitative trait locus mapping and genome‐wide association studies. Overall, we conclude that exploring the diversity of vitamins could provide new insights into plant metabolism and crop breeding.