Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Plant Cell. 2012 Feb;24(2):374-94. doi: 10.1105/tpc.111.093302. Epub 2012 Feb 24.
Plants are one of the most fascinating and important groups of organisms living on Earth. They serve as the conduit of energy into the biosphere, provide food, and shape our environment. If we want to make headway in understanding how these essential organisms function and build the foundation for a more sustainable future, then we need to apply the most advanced technologies available to the study of plant life. In 2009, a committee of the National Academy highlighted the "understanding of plant growth" as one of the big challenges for society and part of a new era which they termed "new biology." The aim of this article is to identify how new technologies can and will transform plant science to address the challenges of new biology. We assess where we stand today regarding current technologies, with an emphasis on molecular and imaging technologies, and we try to address questions about where we may go in the future and whether we can get an idea of what is at and beyond the horizon.
植物是地球上最迷人、最重要的生物群体之一。它们是能量进入生物圈的渠道，提供食物，并塑造我们的环境。如果我们想在理解这些重要生物的功能方面取得进展，并为更可持续的未来奠定基础，那么我们需要将最先进的技术应用于植物生命的研究。2009 年，美国国家科学院的一个委员会强调指出，“理解植物生长”是社会面临的重大挑战之一，也是他们所谓的“新生物学”时代的一部分。本文旨在确定新技术如何以及将如何改变植物科学，以应对新生物学的挑战。我们评估了当前技术的现状，重点是分子和成像技术，并试图解决有关未来发展方向的问题，以及我们是否能够了解当前和未来的趋势。
