Plant Breeding Goes Microbial

Zhong Wei; Alexandre Jousset

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2017.05.009

Plant Breeding Goes Microbial

Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Jul;22(7):555-558. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.05.009. Epub 2017 Jun 4.

Authors

Zhong Wei¹, Alexandre Jousset²

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing, 210095, PR China.
² Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Organic Solid Waste Utilization, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, National Engineering Research Center for Organic-based Fertilizers, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing, 210095, PR China; Institute of Environmental Biology, Ecology & Biodiversity, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: A.L.C.Jousset@uu.nl.

PMID: 28592368
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.05.009

Abstract

Plant breeding has traditionally improved traits encoded in the plant genome. Here we propose an alternative framework reaching novel phenotypes by modifying together genomic information and plant-associated microbiota. This concept is made possible by a novel technology that enables the transmission of endophytic microbiota to the next plant generation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Genome, Plant / genetics
Plant Breeding*
Plants / genetics*
Plants / microbiology*