Facing Climate Change: Biotechnology of Iconic Mediterranean Woody Crops
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Facing Climate Change: Biotechnology of Iconic Mediterranean Woody CropsAuthor (s)
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2019-04-16Publisher
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DE OLLAS VALVERDE, Carlos José; MORILLON, Raphael; FOTOPOULOS, Vasileios; PUÉRTOLAS, Jaime; OLLITRAULT, Patrick; GÓMEZ CADENAS, Aurelio; ARBONA, Vicent (2019). Facing Climate Change: Biotechnology of Iconic Mediterranean Woody Crops. Frontiers in Plant Science, v. 10Type
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Citrus | Climate change | Genomics | Grapevine | Metabolomics | Olive tree | Proteomics | Systems biology
Abstract
The Mediterranean basin is especially sensitive to the adverse outcomes of climate
change and especially to variations in rainfall patterns and the incidence of extremely
high temperatures. These two concurring ... [+]
The Mediterranean basin is especially sensitive to the adverse outcomes of climate
change and especially to variations in rainfall patterns and the incidence of extremely
high temperatures. These two concurring adverse environmental conditions will surely
have a detrimental effect on crop performance and productivity that will be particularly
severe on woody crops such as citrus, olive and grapevine that define the backbone
of traditional Mediterranean agriculture. These woody species have been traditionally
selected for traits such as improved fruit yield and quality or alteration in harvesting
periods, leaving out traits related to plant field performance. This is currently a
crucial aspect due to the progressive and imminent effects of global climate change.
Although complete genome sequence exists for sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
and clementine (Citrus clementina), olive tree (Olea europaea) and grapevine (Vitis
vinifera), the development of biotechnological tools to improve stress tolerance still
relies on the study of the available genetic resources including interspecific hybrids,
naturally occurring (or induced) polyploids and wild relatives under field conditions. To
this respect, post-genomic era studies including transcriptomics, metabolomics and
proteomics provide a wide and unbiased view of plant physiology and biochemistry
under adverse environmental conditions that, along with high-throughput phenotyping,
could contribute to the characterization of plant genotypes exhibiting physiological
and/or genetic traits that are correlated to abiotic stress tolerance. The ultimate goal
of precision agriculture is to improve crop productivity, in terms of yield and quality,
making a sustainable use of land and water resources under adverse environmental
conditions using all available biotechnological tools and high-throughput phenotyping.
This review focuses on the current state-of-the-art of biotechnological tools such as high
throughput –omics and phenotyping on grapevine, citrus and olive and their contribution
to plant breeding programs. [-]
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Frontiers in Plant Science (2019), v. 10Investigation project
1) Grant AGL2016-76574-R from Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO): 2) Grant UJI-B2016-24 Universitat Jaume I; 3) Cavalbio FEDER project; 4) Cyprus University of Technology Internal Grant EX032 and the Leventis Foundation.Rights
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