The challenges of commercializing second-generation transgenic crop traits necessitate the development of international public sector research infrastructure
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 65(2014), 19 vom: 18. Okt., Seite 5673-82 |
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Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of experimental botany |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article Review Drought first-generation crop traits nitrogen use efficiency public sector infrastructure second-generation crop traits stress tolerance yield. Nitrogen |
Zusammenfassung: | © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com. It has been 30 years since the first transformation of a gene into a plant species, and since that time a number of biotechnology products have been developed, with the most important being insect- and herbicide-resistant crops. The development of second-generation products, including nutrient use efficiency and tolerance to important environmental stressors such as drought, has, up to this time, been less successful. This is in part due to the inherent complexities of these traits and in part due to limitations in research infrastructure necessary for public sector researchers to test their best ideas. Here we discuss lessons from previous work in the generation of the first-generation traits, as well as work from our labs and others on identifying genes for nitrogen use efficiency. We then describe some of the issues that have impeded rapid progress in this area. Finally, we propose the type of public sector organization that we feel is necessary to make advances in important second-generation traits such as nitrogen use efficiency |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 08.06.2015 Date Revised 16.11.2017 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1460-2431 |
DOI: | 10.1093/jxb/eru236 |