Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ-78371, Olomouc-Holice, Czech Republic.
Forage Crop Genetics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitaetsstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Biotechnol Adv. 2014 Jan-Feb;32(1):190-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.11.010. Epub 2013 Dec 2.
Grassland is of major importance for agricultural production and provides valuable ecosystem services. Its impact is likely to rise in changing socio-economic and climatic environments. High yielding forage grass species are major components of sustainable grassland production. Understanding the genome structure and function of grassland species provides opportunities to accelerate crop improvement and thus to mitigate the future challenges of increased feed and food demand, scarcity of natural resources such as water and nutrients, and high product qualities. In this review, we will discuss a selection of technological developments that served as main drivers to generate new insights into the structure and function of nuclear genomes. Many of these technologies were originally developed in human or animal science and are now increasingly applied in plant genomics. Our main goal is to highlight the benefits of using these technologies for forage and turf grass genome research, to discuss their potentials and limitations as well as their relevance for future applications.
草原对农业生产至关重要，提供了有价值的生态系统服务。在不断变化的社会经济和气候环境下，其影响可能会增加。高产牧草品种是可持续草原生产的主要组成部分。了解草原物种的基因组结构和功能为加速作物改良提供了机会，从而缓解了未来对增加饲料和粮食需求、自然资源（如水和养分）短缺以及高产品质量的挑战。在这篇综述中，我们将讨论一系列技术发展，这些技术发展是深入了解核基因组结构和功能的主要驱动力。其中许多技术最初是在人类或动物科学中开发的，现在越来越多地应用于植物基因组学。我们的主要目标是强调使用这些技术进行饲料和草坪草基因组研究的好处，讨论它们的潜力和局限性以及它们对未来应用的相关性。
