Feeding the future

Why does plant breeding need a boost? [...]the wild tomato species Solanum pennellii was used to double commercial tomato yields under a wide range of growing conditions7, and the wild rice species Oryza rufipogon increased yields of elite varieties of rice by more than 25% (ref. 8). [...]useful gen...

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Published in:	Nature (London) 2013-07, Vol.499 (7456), p.23-24
Main Authors:	McCouch, Susan, Baute, Gregory J., Bradeen, James, Bramel, Paula, Bretting, Peter K., Buckler, Edward, Burke, John M., Charest, David, Cloutier, Sylvie, Cole, Glenn, Dempewolf, Hannes, Dingkuhn, Michael, Feuillet, Catherine, Gepts, Paul, Grattapaglia, Dario, Guarino, Luigi, Jackson, Scott, Knapp, Sandra, Langridge, Peter, Lawton-Rauh, Amy, Lijua, Qui, Lusty, Charlotte, Michael, Todd, Myles, Sean, Naito, Ken, Nelson, Randall L., Pontarollo, Reno, Richards, Christopher M., Rieseberg, Loren, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey, Rounsley, Steve, Hamilton, Ruaraidh Sackville, Schurr, Ulrich, Stein, Nils, Tomooka, Norihiko, van der Knaap, Esther, van Tassel, David, Toll, Jane, Valls, Jose, Varshney, Rajeev K., Ward, Judson, Waugh, Robbie, Wenzl, Peter, Zamir, Daniel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Biodiversity Climate change Costs Crop diseases Food Gene banks Genetic engineering Genomes Rice Seeds
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