Journal article

Seeking Crops with Balanced Parts for the Ideal Whole


Authors listAbbai, Ragavendran; Singh, Vikas K.; Snowdon, Rod J.; Kumar, Arvind; Schnurbusch, Thorsten

Publication year2020

Pages1189-1193

JournalTrends in Plant Science

Volume number25

Issue number12

ISSN1360-1385

eISSN1878-4372

Open access statusHybrid

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.08.011

PublisherCell Press


Abstract
Crop domestication and breeding considerably increased productivity over centuries but unconsciously lowered 'selfish plant behavior' or individual plant fitness. Paradoxically, enhancing individual plant fitness is mistakenly equated with crop improvement. Because agriculture relies on community performance, embracing an agroecological genetics and genomics viewpoint might maximize communal yield by matching crop genotypes to target environments.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleAbbai, R., Singh, V., Snowdon, R., Kumar, A. and Schnurbusch, T. (2020) Seeking Crops with Balanced Parts for the Ideal Whole, Trends in Plant Science, 25(12), pp. 1189-1193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.08.011

APA Citation styleAbbai, R., Singh, V., Snowdon, R., Kumar, A., & Schnurbusch, T. (2020). Seeking Crops with Balanced Parts for the Ideal Whole. Trends in Plant Science. 25(12), 1189-1193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.08.011


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