Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress

PE Verslues, J Bailey-Serres, C Brodersen… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present unresolved questions in plant abiotic stress biology as posed by 15 research
groups with expertise spanning eco-physiology to cell and molecular biology. Common …

Engineering drought and salinity tolerance traits in crops through CRISPR-mediated genome editing: Targets, tools, challenges, and perspectives

RM Shelake, US Kadam, R Kumar, D Pramanik… - Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Prolonged periods of drought triggered by climate change hamper plant growth and cause
substantial agricultural yield losses every year. In addition to drought, salinity is one of the …

Natural variation of DROT1 confers drought adaptation in upland rice

X Sun, H Xiong, C Jiang, D Zhang, Z Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Upland rice is a distinct ecotype that grows in aerobic environments and tolerates drought
stress. However, the genetic basis of its drought resistance is unclear. Here, using an …

Evolutionarily informed machine learning enhances the power of predictive gene-to-phenotype relationships

CY Cheng, Y Li, K Varala, J Bubert, J Huang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Inferring phenotypic outcomes from genomic features is both a promise and challenge for
systems biology. Using gene expression data to predict phenotypic outcomes, and …

Advancing crop genomics from lab to field

MD Purugganan, SA Jackson - Nature genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Crop genomics remains a key element in ensuring scientific progress to secure global food
security. It has been two decades since the sequence of the first plant genome, that of …

Detecting signatures of selection on gene expression

PD Price, DH Palmer Droguett, JA Taylor… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
A substantial amount of phenotypic diversity results from changes in gene expression levels
and patterns. Understanding how the transcriptome evolves is therefore a key priority in …

Gene-by-environment interactions in plants: Molecular mechanisms, environmental drivers, and adaptive plasticity

JD Napier, RW Heckman, TE Juenger - The Plant Cell, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Plants demonstrate a broad range of responses to environmental shifts. One of the most
remarkable responses is plasticity, which is the ability of a single plant genotype to produce …

A single‐nucleotide polymorphism in WRKY33 promoter is associated with the cold sensitivity in cultivated tomato

M Guo, F Yang, C Liu, J Zou, Z Qi… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Natural variations in cis‐regulatory regions often affect crop phenotypes by altering gene
expression. However, the mechanism of how promoter mutations affect gene expression …

Environmental control of rice flowering time

G Vicentini, M Biancucci, L Mineri, D Chirivì… - Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Correct measurement of environmental parameters is fundamental for plant fitness and
survival, as well as for timing developmental transitions, including the switch from vegetative …

Sustainable agriculture in the era of omics: knowledge-driven crop breeding

Q Li, J Yan - Genome Biology, 2020 - Springer
Global population has reached up to 7.8 billion and is expected to exceed 10 billion by 2055
(https://countrymeters. info/cn/World). Such rapid population increase presents a great …