New Technologies for 21st Century Plant Science
New Technologies for 21st Century Plant Science
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DOI：
10.1105/tpc.111.093302
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
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影响因子：
11.6
通讯作者：
Frommer, Wolf B.
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作者：
Ehrhardt, David W.;Frommer, Wolf B.
植物是地球上最迷人和最重要的生物体之一。它们充当能量进入生物圈的管道、提供食物并塑造我们的环境。如果我们想在理解这些重要生物体的功能方面取得进展，并为更可持续的未来奠定基础，那么我们需要将最先进的技术应用于植物生命的研究。 2009年，美国国家科学院的一个委员会强调“理解植物生长”是社会面临的重大挑战之一，也是他们称之为“新生物学”的新时代的一部分。本文的目的是确定新技术如何能够并将如何改变植物科学以应对新生物学的挑战。我们评估当前技术的现状，重点是分子和成像技术，并尝试解决未来可能走向何方以及我们是否能够了解地平线内外的问题。
Plants are one of the most fascinating and important groups of organisms living on Earth. They serve as the conduit of energy into the biosphere, provide food, and shape our environment. If we want to make headway in understanding how these essential organisms function and build the foundation for a more sustainable future, then we need to apply the most advanced technologies available to the study of plant life. In 2009, a committee of the National Academy highlighted the "understanding of plant growth" as one of the big challenges for society and part of a new era which they termed "new biology." The aim of this article is to identify how new technologies can and will transform plant science to address the challenges of new biology. We assess where we stand today regarding current technologies, with an emphasis on molecular and imaging technologies, and we try to address questions about where we may go in the future and whether we can get an idea of what is at and beyond the horizon.