Journal
CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 866-871Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.03.002
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30890130, 31025022]
- National Key Basic Research Special Funds of China [2011CB100301]
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Phosphorus (P) is one of the three macronutrients for plants. Because of its low mobility and high fixation in soils, low P availability is a worldwide constraint for crop productivity. Molecular biology provides great opportunities to improve P efficiency in plants. However, transgenic plants cannot be commercialized before integrating all the knowledge on bottlenecks for improving P efficiency of crops/pastures. This review intends to summarize the main strategies of bioengineering to improve P efficiency of crops/pastures, including conventional and molecular assisted breeding, identification and application of key genes for biotech plants. It highlights recent advances in the understanding of improving P efficiency through the integration of bioengineering with P fertilization and cultivation management.
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