Biomass Engineering in Field Crops Using Genetic Tools: A Critical Appraisal of Targets, Trade-offs and Translational Evidence
Biomass is simultaneously the substrate of grain yield, the raw material of forage and bioenergy systems, and the largest reservoir of harvestable carbon in arable landscapes. Genetic tools now permit unprecedented precision in altering how much biomass a crop accumulates and what that biomass is made of, yet the trans...