METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF LEAF PRODUCTIVITY: OPTIMISATION OF CARBON METABOLISM

粮食供应是今后几十年确保全球粮食安全的主要制约因素之一。由于以植物为基础的产品占世界食物能量摄入量的绝大部分，提高作物生产率是缓解全球粮食不安全的关键战略。这个生物工程项目旨在通过基因改造来优化与碳代谢相关的过程的效率，以支持叶片的生产力。BBSRC的任务领域：农业和粮食安全，可持续地提高农业生产。

Food availability represents one of the main constraints for ensuring global food security in the next few decades. With plant-based products comprising the vastmajority of the world's food energy intake, the increase of crop productivity is a key strategy for the alleviation of global food insecurity. This bioengineeringproject aims to optimise the efficiency of the carbon metabolism-related processes underpinning leaf productivity by genetic modification.BBSRC REMIT AREAS: agriculture and food security, sustainably enhancing agricultural production.AFS, ENWW