Genomics of seed development: Challenges and opportunities for genetic improvement of seed traits in crop plants

摘要: Seed development represents an important phase in the life cycle of flowering plants including majority crop plants. During this phase, developmental and metabolic programs are coordinated to produce seed that contains germline information storage reserves. Although patterns vary significantly between monocots dicots, they share several conserved programs. The embryo is major component dicots whereas endosperm predominant monocot seeds. formation dormant protects provides nutrition during germination a key characteristic adaptive feature evolution angiosperms determining factor yield From perspective, metabolites especially products deposited defines value seed. Despite progress fundamental understanding development, global genetic involved making their implications improvement yet be fully exploited So, goal recent studies develop comprehensive systems-level insights into molecular biochemical associated with gene expression, protein metabolite profiles model These integrated systems approaches producing foundational datasets. In review, we will present overview advances developmental, genomic biology improve characteristics