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Using membrane transporters to improve crops for sustainable food production

Journal

NATURE
Volume 497, Issue 7447, Pages 60-66

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature11909

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Funding

  1. Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences at the US Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-03ER15449, DE-FG02-04ER15542, DE-FG-2-06ER15809]
  2. Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia
  3. US National Science Foundation [IOS:0842720, MCB0918220, IOS-091994, DBI 0701119]
  4. UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/J004561/1]
  5. National Institutes of Health [GM060396-P42ES010337, GM078536, P42ES007373]
  6. US Department of Agriculture [2009-02273]
  7. Generation Challenge Grant [G7010.03.06]
  8. Howard Hughes Medical Institute [55005946]
  9. CREST Japan Science and Technology Agency
  10. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [23119507]
  11. Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  12. National Science Council, Taiwan [NSC 101-2321-B-001-005]
  13. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/J/000C0651, BBS/E/J/000C0662] Funding Source: researchfish
  14. BBSRC [BBS/E/J/000C0651, BBS/E/J/000C0662] Funding Source: UKRI
  15. Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
  16. Direct For Biological Sciences [0919941] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  17. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23248011] Funding Source: KAKEN

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With the global population predicted to grow by at least 25 per cent by 2050, the need for sustainable production of nutritious foods is critical for human and environmental health. Recent advances show that specialized plant membrane transporters can be used to enhance yields of staple crops, increase nutrient content and increase resistance to key stresses, including salinity, pathogens and aluminium toxicity, which in turn could expand available arable land.

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