Improving plant productivity and human health using next generation biotechnology approaches

医学和植物科学在利用现代DNA测序的力量来加快发现有益基因功能的步伐方面都面临着类似的技术问题。植物和动物研究人员将在这个项目中合作，以应对这一共同挑战。本提案设想的研究成果将有利于人类健康，使人们能够更快地发现与肥胖、免疫、生育、神经功能和癌症有关的基因。在植物领域，这些结果将为植物能量代谢、维生素生物合成、耐旱性和作物水分利用等相关的植物功能提供新的思路。这项研究将有利于人类健康和农业食品的生产和质量。

Both medical and plant sciences face similar technological problems in harnessing the power of modern DNA sequencing for accelerating the pace of beneficial gene function discovery. Plant and animal researchers will collaborate in this program to meet this common challenge. The research outcomes envisaged in this proposal will benefit human health by enabling more rapid discovery of genes related to obesity, immunity, fertility, neurological function and cancer. In the plant sphere, the outcomes will shed new light on plant functions related to plant energy metabolism, vitamin biosynthesis drought tolerance and water use by crops. The research will benefit both human health and agricultural food production and quality.