ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology

我们提出了一种通过优化植物的能量捕获、转换和利用的整体效率来提高可持续产量的新方法。代谢、运输和发育方面的效率提高将比优化单一营养素投入或产品产出更有效。同时改善多个参数是在有限的土地、水和养分资源中提高作物产量的需求日益增长的必要解决方案。不可预测的环境挑战对植物生长产生不利影响，进一步扰乱植物能量平衡，限制产量。发现的表观遗传控制、基因变异和信号将为作物的可持续生产力提供新的基础，并将为植物在不断变化的气候中提供未来的保障。

We propose a novel approach to improve sustainable yield by optimising the overall efficiency of energy capture, conversion and use by plants. Efficiency gains in metabolism, transport, and development will be more effective than optimising single nutrient inputs or product outputs. Improving multiple parameters simultaneously is a necessary solution to the increasing demand for more crop yield from finite land, water, and nutrient resources. Unpredictable environmental challenges adversely affect plant growth and further perturb plant energy balance, limiting yield. The epigenetic controls, gene variants and signals discovered will provide a new basis for sustainable productivity of crops and will future-proof plants in changing climates.