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Journal article
Harnessing metabolomics for enhanced crop drought tolerance
The Crop journal, Vol.7(1), pp.1-23
2025
Abstract
Global crop productivity faces a significant threat from climate change-induced drought stress (DS), which is vital for sustainable agriculture and global food security. Uncovering DS adaptation and tolerance mechanisms in crops is necessary to alleviate climate challenges. Innovative plant breeding demands revolutionary approaches to develop stress-smart plants. Metabolomics, a promising field in plant breeding, offers a predictive tool to identify metabolic markers associated with plant performance under DS, enabling accelerated crop improvement. Central to DS adaptation is metabolomics-driven metabolic regulation, which is critical for maintaining cell osmotic potential in crops. Recent innovations allow rapid mapping of specific metabolites to their genetic pathways, providing a valuable resource for plant scientists. Metabolomics-driven molecular breeding, integrating techniques such as mQTL and mGWAS, enhances our ability to discover key genetic elements linked to stress-responsive metabolites. This integration offers a beneficial platform for plant scientists, yielding significant insights into the complex metabolic networks underlying DS tolerance. Therefore, this review discusses (1) insights into metabolic regulation for DS adaptation, (2) the multifaceted role of metabolites in DS tolerance and nutritional/yield trait improvement, (3) the potential of single-cell metabolomics and imaging, (4) metabolomics-driven molecular breeding, and (5) the application of metabolic and genetic engineering for DS-tolerant crops. We finally propose that the metabolomics-driven approach positions drought-smart crops as key contributors to future food production, supporting the vital goal of achieving zero hunger.
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- Title
- Harnessing metabolomics for enhanced crop drought tolerance
- Authors/Creators
- Ali Raza - Shenzhen UniversityMuhammad Anas - Quaid-i-Azam UniversitySavita Bhardwaj - DAVRakeeb Ahmad Mir - Central University of KashmirSidra Charagh - State Key Laboratory of Rice BiologyMinhas Elahi - Quaid-i-Azam UniversityXinyue Zhang - WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaReyazul Rouf Mir - Murdoch UniversityWolfram Weckwerth - University of ViennaAlisdair R. Fernie - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyKadambot H.M. Siddique - The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth 6009, AustraliaZhangli Hu - Shenzhen UniversityRajeev K. Varshney - WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
- Publication Details
- The Crop journal, Vol.7(1), pp.1-23
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V.
- Number of pages
- 17
- Identifiers
- 991005737245607891
- Copyright
- © 2024 The Author(s).
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Food Futures Institute
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
- 3.4 Crop Science
- 3.4.49 Plant Stress Responses
- Web Of Science research areas
- Agronomy
- Plant Sciences
- ESI research areas
- Agricultural Sciences