TY - CHAP
T1 - Using a Mathematical Model of Phloem Transport to Optimize Strategies for Crop Improvement
AU - Seki, Motohide
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - It is valuable to set an ideotype plant structure (i.e., ideal numbers and arrangement of sucrose sources, sinks, and pathways that maximize crop yield) as a goal for breeding with modern and near-future technologies. However, it is not easy to theoretically specify an ideotype because multiple factors need to be considered simultaneously. Here a method to obtain plant ideotypes using a simple mathematical model is described. The model identifies plant structures with maximal yield through a series of simulations of the dynamic changes in sucrose concentration at different positions of the plant. Originally developed for rice, this revised method can be applied to a wide range of crop plants.
AB - It is valuable to set an ideotype plant structure (i.e., ideal numbers and arrangement of sucrose sources, sinks, and pathways that maximize crop yield) as a goal for breeding with modern and near-future technologies. However, it is not easy to theoretically specify an ideotype because multiple factors need to be considered simultaneously. Here a method to obtain plant ideotypes using a simple mathematical model is described. The model identifies plant structures with maximal yield through a series of simulations of the dynamic changes in sucrose concentration at different positions of the plant. Originally developed for rice, this revised method can be applied to a wide range of crop plants.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9562-2_29
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4939-9562-2_29
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 31197810
AN - SCOPUS:85067449326
T3 - Methods in Molecular Biology
SP - 387
EP - 395
BT - Methods in Molecular Biology
PB - Humana Press Inc.
ER -