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Autophagy: a game changer for plant development and crop improvement

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00425-022-04004-z
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-04004-z
 
Title Autophagy: a game changer for plant development and crop improvement
 
Creator Sharma, I
Kirti, P B
Pati, P K
 
Subject Crop Improvement
Plant Growth
 
Description Autophagy is a major intracellular trafficking pathway in eukaryotes involved in vacuolar degradation of cytoplasmic constituents, mis-folded proteins, and defective organelles. Under optimum conditions, autophagy operates at a basal level to maintain cellular homeostasis, but under stressed conditions, it is induced further to provide temporal stress relief. Our understanding of this highly dynamic process has evolved exponentially in the past few years with special reference to several plant-specific roles of autophagy. Here, we review the most recent advances in the field of autophagy in plants and discuss its potential implications in designing crops with improved stress and disease-tolerance, enhanced yield potential, and improved capabilities for producing metabolites of high economic value. We also assess the current knowledge gaps and the possible strategies to develop a robust module for biotechnological application of autophagy to enhance bioeconomy and sustainability of agriculture.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2022-10-28
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Sharma, I and Kirti, P B and Pati, P K (2022) Autophagy: a game changer for plant development and crop improvement. Planta, 256. ISSN 1432-2048