The improvement of crop yield has been endeavoured for centuries; whereas traditional breeding strategies have achieved this, until recently transgenic approaches to yield improvement have generally been less successful. In this mini-review, we discuss metabolic engineering strategies specifically targeting energy metabolism as a strategy for yield enhancement.

Keywords:
crop yield, energy metabolism, metabolic engineering, metabolic regulation, Solanaceous species, transgenic approach
© 2005 The Biochemical Society
2005
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