Perennials as Future Grain Crops: Opportunities and Challenges
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Perennials as Future Grain Crops : Opportunities and Challenges. / Chapman, Elizabeth A.; Thomsen, Hanne Cecilie; Tulloch, Sophia; Correia, Pedro M P; Luo, Guangbin; Najafi, Javad; DeHaan, Lee R.; Crews, Timothy E.; Olsson, Lennart; Lundquist, Per-Olof; Westerbergh, Anna; Pedas, Pai Rosager; Knudsen, Søren; Palmgren, Michael.
In: Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 13, 898769, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Perennials as Future Grain Crops
T2 - Opportunities and Challenges
AU - Chapman, Elizabeth A.
AU - Thomsen, Hanne Cecilie
AU - Tulloch, Sophia
AU - Correia, Pedro M P
AU - Luo, Guangbin
AU - Najafi, Javad
AU - DeHaan, Lee R.
AU - Crews, Timothy E.
AU - Olsson, Lennart
AU - Lundquist, Per-Olof
AU - Westerbergh, Anna
AU - Pedas, Pai Rosager
AU - Knudsen, Søren
AU - Palmgren, Michael
N1 - Copyright © 2022 Chapman, Thomsen, Tulloch, Correia, Luo, Najafi, DeHaan, Crews, Olsson, Lundquist, Westerbergh, Pedas, Knudsen and Palmgren.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Perennial grain crops could make a valuable addition to sustainable agriculture, potentially even as an alternative to their annual counterparts. The ability of perennials to grow year after year significantly reduces the number of agricultural inputs required, in terms of both planting and weed control, while reduced tillage improves soil health and on-farm biodiversity. Presently, perennial grain crops are not grown at large scale, mainly due to their early stages of domestication and current low yields. Narrowing the yield gap between perennial and annual grain crops will depend on characterizing differences in their life cycles, resource allocation, and reproductive strategies and understanding the trade-offs between annualism, perennialism, and yield. The genetic and biochemical pathways controlling plant growth, physiology, and senescence should be analyzed in perennial crop plants. This information could then be used to facilitate tailored genetic improvement of selected perennial grain crops to improve agronomic traits and enhance yield, while maintaining the benefits associated with perennialism.
AB - Perennial grain crops could make a valuable addition to sustainable agriculture, potentially even as an alternative to their annual counterparts. The ability of perennials to grow year after year significantly reduces the number of agricultural inputs required, in terms of both planting and weed control, while reduced tillage improves soil health and on-farm biodiversity. Presently, perennial grain crops are not grown at large scale, mainly due to their early stages of domestication and current low yields. Narrowing the yield gap between perennial and annual grain crops will depend on characterizing differences in their life cycles, resource allocation, and reproductive strategies and understanding the trade-offs between annualism, perennialism, and yield. The genetic and biochemical pathways controlling plant growth, physiology, and senescence should be analyzed in perennial crop plants. This information could then be used to facilitate tailored genetic improvement of selected perennial grain crops to improve agronomic traits and enhance yield, while maintaining the benefits associated with perennialism.
U2 - 10.3389/fpls.2022.898769
DO - 10.3389/fpls.2022.898769
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35968139
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Plant Science
JF - Frontiers in Plant Science
SN - 1664-462X
M1 - 898769
ER -
ID: 317081860