Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality

Increasing crop production at a time of rapid climate change represents the greatest challenge facing contemporary agricultural research. Our understanding of the genetic control of yield derives from controlled field experiments designed to minimise environmental variance. In spite of these efforts...

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Main Authors: CARLOS Marcelino Rodriguez Lopez, Mike J Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00397/full
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description Increasing crop production at a time of rapid climate change represents the greatest challenge facing contemporary agricultural research. Our understanding of the genetic control of yield derives from controlled field experiments designed to minimise environmental variance. In spite of these efforts there is substantial residual variability among plants attributable to Genotype x Environment (GxE) interactions. Recent advances in the field of epigenetics have revealed a plethora of gene control mechanisms that could account for much of this unassigned variation. These systems act as a regulatory interface between the perception of the environment and associated alterations in gene expression. Direct intervention of epigenetic control systems hold the enticing promise of creating new sources of variability that could enhance crop performance. Equally, understanding the relationship between various epigenetic states and responses of the crop to specific aspects of the growing environment (epigenetic fingerprinting) could allow for a more tailored approach to plant agronomy. In this review, we explore the many ways in which epigenetic interventions and epigenetic fingerprinting can be deployed for the improvement of crop production and quality.
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spelling doaj.art-016705b1ccad4f28b55bb9512390068b2022-12-22T02:42:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2015-06-01610.3389/fpls.2015.00397144180Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food qualityCARLOS Marcelino Rodriguez Lopez0Mike J Wilkinson1University of AdelaideUniversity of AdelaideIncreasing crop production at a time of rapid climate change represents the greatest challenge facing contemporary agricultural research. Our understanding of the genetic control of yield derives from controlled field experiments designed to minimise environmental variance. In spite of these efforts there is substantial residual variability among plants attributable to Genotype x Environment (GxE) interactions. Recent advances in the field of epigenetics have revealed a plethora of gene control mechanisms that could account for much of this unassigned variation. These systems act as a regulatory interface between the perception of the environment and associated alterations in gene expression. Direct intervention of epigenetic control systems hold the enticing promise of creating new sources of variability that could enhance crop performance. Equally, understanding the relationship between various epigenetic states and responses of the crop to specific aspects of the growing environment (epigenetic fingerprinting) could allow for a more tailored approach to plant agronomy. In this review, we explore the many ways in which epigenetic interventions and epigenetic fingerprinting can be deployed for the improvement of crop production and quality.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00397/fullepigeneticsprimingcrop protectionfood qualityagricultural biotechnologyEpi-fingerprinting
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epigenetics
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crop protection
food quality
agricultural biotechnology
Epi-fingerprinting
title Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality
title_full Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality
title_fullStr Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality
title_full_unstemmed Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality
title_short Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality
title_sort epi fingerprinting and epi interventions for improved crop production and food quality
topic epigenetics
priming
crop protection
food quality
agricultural biotechnology
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