Broadening Our Portfolio in the Genetic Improvement of Maize Chemical Composition

Weiwei Wen; Yariv Brotman; Lothar Willmitzer; Jianbing Yan; Alisdair R. Fernie

doi:10.1016/j.tig.2016.05.003

Broadening Our Portfolio in the Genetic Improvement of Maize Chemical Composition

Weiwei Wen, Yariv Brotman, Lothar Willmitzer, Jianbing Yan, Alisdair R. Fernie

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Abstract

The adoption of recombinant inbred line and introgression line populations, as well as the study of association mapping panels, has greatly accelerated our ability to identify the genes underlying plant phenotypic variance. In tandem, the development of metabolomics approaches has greatly enhanced our ability to comprehensively define cellular chemical composition. As a consequence, breeding for chemical composition is being extended beyond our traditional targets of oil and protein to include components such as essential amino acids, vitamins, and antioxidant secondary metabolites with considerable purported consequences for human health. Here, we review the above-mentioned developments paying particular attention to the genetic architecture of metabolic traits as well as updating the perspective for utilizing metabolomics in maize improvement.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	459-469
Journal	Trends in Genetics
Volume	32
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2016.05.003
State	Published - 1 Aug 2016

Keywords

biofortification
crop breeding
maize
metabolomics

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Genetics

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