Biotechnological detoxification: an unchanging source-sink balance strategy for crop improvement

Yongming Liu; Hussam Hassan Nour-Eldin; Ling Zhang; Zhanshuai Li; Alisdair R Fernie; Maozhi Ren

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2022.11.002

Biotechnological detoxification: an unchanging source-sink balance strategy for crop improvement

Trends Plant Sci. 2023 Feb;28(2):135-138. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.11.002. Epub 2022 Nov 25.

Authors

Yongming Liu¹, Hussam Hassan Nour-Eldin², Ling Zhang³, Zhanshuai Li⁴, Alisdair R Fernie⁵, Maozhi Ren⁶

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu National Agricultural Science and Technology Center, Chengdu 610213, China; Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya 572025, China.
² DynaMo Center, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, Frederiksberg C 1871, Denmark.
³ Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya 572025, China.
⁴ Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya 572025, China.
⁵ Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam 14476, Germany. Electronic address: Fernie@mpimp-golm.mpg.de.
⁶ Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu National Agricultural Science and Technology Center, Chengdu 610213, China; Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China; Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya 572025, China. Electronic address: renmaozhi01@caas.cn.

PMID: 36443186
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.11.002

Abstract

The wide occurrence of natural phytotoxins renders many crops unfit for human consumption. To overcome this problem and produce detoxified crop varieties, we propose the use of biotechnological strategies that can enhance the harvest index without the need to increase crop biomass or alter whole plant architecture.

Keywords: controlled environment agriculture; crop improvement; phytotoxins; plant biotechnology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Biomass
Biotechnology*
Crops, Agricultural*
Humans