title: The development of C₄rice: current progress and future challenges.
abstract: Another "green revolution" is needed for crop yields to meet demands for food. The international C(4) Rice Consortium is working toward introducing a higher-capacity photosynthetic mechanism--the C(4) pathway--into rice to increase yield. The goal is to identify the genes necessary to install C(4) photosynthesis in rice through different approaches, including genomic and transcriptional sequence comparisons and mutant screening.
authors: Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. susanne.caemmerer@anu.edu.au
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: von Caemmerer
authors: W Paul
authors: WP
authors: Quick
authors: Robert T
authors: RT
authors: Furbank
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005544:Forecasting; D017343:Genes, Plant; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide