Record Details

Enhancing crop yield by optimizing plant developmental features

NIPGR Digital Knowledge Repository (NDKR)

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Enhancing crop yield by optimizing plant developmental features
 
Creator Mathan, Jyotirmaya
Bhattacharya, Juhi
Ranjan, Aashish
 
Subject Crop biomass and yield
Domestication
Functional genomics
Leaf features
Plant architecture
Vasculature
 
Description Accepted date: August 2016
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.
J.M. and J.B. are supported by a research fellowship from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. A.R. is a recipient of a Ramalingaswamy Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India.
 
Date 2016-09-16T11:55:03Z
2016-09-16T11:55:03Z
2016
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Development, 143(18): 3283-3294
1477-9129
http://59.163.192.83:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/683
http://dev.biologists.org/content/143/18/3283
10.1242/dev.134072
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher The Company of Biologists