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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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 |
spellingShingle | CARLOS Marcelino Rodriguez Lopez Mike J Wilkinson Epi-fingerprinting and epi-interventions for improved crop production and food quality Frontiers in Plant Science epigenetics priming 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 Epi-fingerprinting |
url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00397/full |
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