A roadmap for research on crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to enhance sustainable food and bioenergy production in a hotter, drier world

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 491-504

  Yang, Xiaohan ^a   Cushman, John C ^b   Borland, Anne M ^a,c   Edwards, Erika J ^d   Wullschleger, Stan D ^e   Tuskan, Gerald A ^a   Owen, Nick A ^f   Griffiths, Howard ^f   Smith, J Andrew C ^g   De Paoli, Henrique C ^a   Weston, David J ^a   Cottingham, Robert ^a   Hartwell, James ^h   Davis, Sarah C ⁱ   Silvera, Katia ^j   Ming, Ray ^k,l   Schlauch, Karen ^b   Abraham, Paul ^a   Stewart, J Ryan ^m   Guo, Hao Bo ⁿ   Albion, Rebecca ^b   Ha, Jungmin ^b   Lim, Sung Don ^b   Wone, Bernard W M ^b   Yim, Won Cheol ^b   Garcia, Travis ^b   Mayer, Jesse A ^b   Petereit, Juli ^b   Nair, Sujithkumar S ^e   Casey, Erin ^c   Hettich, Robert L ^a   Ceusters, Johan ^o   Ranjan, Priya ^a   Palla, Kaitlin J ^a   Yin, Hengfu ^p   Reyes García, Casandra ^q   Andrade, José Luis ^q   Freschi, Luciano ^r   Beltrán, Juan D ^g   Dever, Louisa V ^h   Boxall, Susanna F ^h   Waller, Jade ^h   Davies, Jack ^h   Bupphada, Phaitun ^h   Kadu, Nirja ^h   Winter, Klaus ^j   Sage, Rowan F ^s   Aguilar, Cristobal N ^t   Schmutz, Jeremy ^u,v   Jenkins, Jerry ^u   Holtum, Joseph A M ^w   more..

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^l FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^p RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^q CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^t UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^u HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^v DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^w JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM); Drought; Genomics; Photosynthesis; Roadmap; Synthetic biology; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

AGAVE; CRASSULACEAE; OPUNTIA;

BIOFUEL; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

DROUGHT; FOOD; HEAT; METABOLISM; RESEARCH;

BIOFUELS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DROUGHTS; FOOD; HOT TEMPERATURE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84936121749     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13393     Document Type: Note

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