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@article{citeulike:2805447, abstract = {Crop production is threatened by global climate change, and recent demands for crops to produce bio-fuels have started to affect the worldwide supply of some of the most important foods. How can we support a growing human population in such circumstances? One potential solution is the improvement of crops to increase yield from both irrigated and non-irrigated lands, and to create novel varieties that are more tolerant to environmental stresses. Recent progress has been made in the isolation and functional analyses of genes controlling yield and tolerance to abiotic stresses. In addition, promising new methods are being developed for identifying additional genes and variants of interest and putting these to practical use in crop improvement.}, address = {Laboratory of Plant Cell Function, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. takeda@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp.}, author = {Takeda, Shin and Matsuoka, Makoto}, citeulike-article-id = {2805447}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2342}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18475268}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18475268}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1038/nrg2342}, issn = {1471-0064}, journal = {Nature reviews. Genetics}, keywords = {genetic\_regulation, plants}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2008-05-16 16:16:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Genetic approaches to crop improvement: responding to environmental and population changes.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2342}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2805447 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2805447 N2 - Crop production is threatened by global climate change, and recent demands for crops to produce bio-fuels have started to affect the worldwide supply of some of the most important foods. How can we support a growing human population in such circumstances? One potential solution is the improvement of crops to increase yield from both irrigated and non-irrigated lands, and to create novel varieties that are more tolerant to environmental stresses. Recent progress has been made in the isolation and functional analyses of genes controlling yield and tolerance to abiotic stresses. In addition, promising new methods are being developed for identifying additional genes and variants of interest and putting these to practical use in crop improvement. JF - Nature reviews. Genetics SN - 1471-0064 AD - Laboratory of Plant Cell Function, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan. takeda@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp. TI - Genetic approaches to crop improvement: responding to environmental and population changes. KW - genetic_regulation KW - plants AU - Takeda, Shin AU - Matsuoka, Makoto PY - 2008/05/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrg2342 ER -