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PLANeT: Understanding and leveraging the genome of land plants for a sustainable future
Cell, Vol.189(9), pp.2519-2532
2026
PMID: 42066746
Abstract
Land plants underpin civilization and planetary health, yet their genomic diversity remains largely uncharted. Current resources are unstandardized and scarce, lacking reference genomes for 95% of genera, 70% of families, and 51% of orders, impeding evolutionary and functional insight. We thus propose the PLANeT initiative, an international effort to generate high-quality, standardized genomes across the plant tree of life. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with genomics, we will decode conserved principles to advance fundamental plant biology, biodiversity conservation, crop improvement, and natural product discovery. Engaging around 100 labs to train 1,000 scientists, we will tackle pivotal questions for a sustainable future.
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- Title
- PLANeT: Understanding and leveraging the genome of land plants for a sustainable future
- Authors/Creators
- Li Wang - Agricultural Genomics Institute at ShenzhenMohamed Amar - Benha UniversityCarlos I Arbizu - National University Toribio Rodríguez de MendozaJohn L Bowman - Monash UniversityCharles H Cannon - National Parks BoardDavid J Cantrill - The University of MelbourneXiaofeng Cao - Chinese Academy of SciencesShilin Chen - Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineXiaoya Chen - Chinese Academy of SciencesXuemei Chen - Chinese Academy of SciencesKang Chong - Chinese Academy of SciencesXingwang Deng - Peking UniversityWeinan E - Peking UniversityHongwei Guo - Southern University of Science and TechnologyChuan He - University of Illinois ChicagoPeter Hollingsworth - Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghQing Hu - Southern University of Science and TechnologyHongzhi Kong - Chinese Academy of SciencesIlia J Leitch - Royal Botanic Gardens, KewDezhu Li - Shandong Agricultural UniversityJiayang Li - Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyHongtao Liu - Shenzhen UniversityWilliam Lucas - University of California, DavisEshchar Mizrachi - University of PretoriaMijoro Rakotoarinivo - University of AntananarivoHai Ren - South China Botanical GardenLoren Rieseberg - University of British ColumbiaJue Ruan - Agricultural Genomics Institute at ShenzhenRosa Scherson - University of ChileHarald Schneider - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenDouglas E Soltis - University of FloridaHang Sun - Kunming Institute of BotanyMarcio C Silva-Filho - Universidade de São PauloStephen Smith - University of MichiganAlex Twyford - University of EdinburghBjörn Usadel - Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfYves Van de Peer - University of PretoriaCássio Van den Berg - Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaRajeev K Varshney - Murdoch University, Food Futures InstituteLyderson Facio Viccini - Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaQingfeng Wang - Chinese Academy of SciencesXiao-Quan Wang - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaYadong Wang - Harbin Institute of TechnologyJonathan Wendel - Iowa State UniversityRod Wing - King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyGane Ka-Shu Wong - University of AlbertaYaowu Xing - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical GardenXun Xu - BGI Group (China)Nieng Yan - Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)Huanming Yang - BGI Group (China)Shouzhou Zhang - Chinese Academy of SciencesYuxian Zhu - Wuhan UniversityPamela S Soltis - University of FloridaDetlef Weigel - Max Planck Institute for Developmental BiologySanwen Huang - Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen
- Publication Details
- Cell, Vol.189(9), pp.2519-2532
- Publisher
- Cell Press
- Identifiers
- 991005879651907891
- Copyright
- © 2026 The Authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Crop and Food Innovation; State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre; Food Futures Institute
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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