Multi-gene metabolic engineering of tomato plants results in increased fruit yield up to 23%.

ABSTRACT: The capacity to assimilate carbon and nitrogen, to transport the resultant sugars and amino acids to sink tissues, and to convert the incoming sugars and amino acids into storage compounds in the sink tissues, are key determinants of crop yield. Given that all of these processes have the potential to co-limit growth, multiple genetic interventions in source and sink tissues, plus transport processes may be necessary to reach the full yield potential of a crop. We used biolistic combinatorial co-transformation (up to 20 transgenes) for increasing C and N flows with the purpose of increasing tomato fruit yield. We observed an increased fruit yield of up to 23%. To better explore the reconfiguration of metabolic networks in these transformants, we generated a dataset encompassing physiologica

SUBMITTER: Vallarino JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7560729 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature