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Homecoming: rewinding the reductive evolution of the chloroplast genome for increasing crop yields

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  • Briardo Llorente

    (Macquarie University)

  • María Eugenia Segretin

    (Laboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular “Dr. Héctor N. Torres” (INGEBI-CONICET), (C1428ADN), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
    Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, (C1428EGA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires)

  • Estefanía Giannini

    (Macquarie University)

  • Celina Lobais

    (Center of Photosynthetic and Biochemical Studies (CEFOBI-CONICET), Faculty of Biochemical Science and Pharmacy, Rosario National University)

  • Marcelo E. Juárez

    (Laboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular “Dr. Héctor N. Torres” (INGEBI-CONICET), (C1428ADN), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires)

  • Ian T. Paulsen

    (Macquarie University)

  • Nicolás E. Blanco

    (Center of Photosynthetic and Biochemical Studies (CEFOBI-CONICET), Faculty of Biochemical Science and Pharmacy, Rosario National University)

Abstract

Developing more productive and sustainable crops will be essential to achieving food security in coming decades. A core process in plant evolution has been the transfer of chloroplast-encoded genes to the nuclear genome. We propose reverting this process as a new approach to improve plant disease resistance and photosynthesis in future crops.

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  • Briardo Llorente & María Eugenia Segretin & Estefanía Giannini & Celina Lobais & Marcelo E. Juárez & Ian T. Paulsen & Nicolás E. Blanco, 2021. "Homecoming: rewinding the reductive evolution of the chloroplast genome for increasing crop yields," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-5, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-26975-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26975-5
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