TY - JOUR
T1 - The importance of conserving Mexico's tomato agrodiversity to research plant biochemistry under different climates
AU - Sandoval-Ceballos, María Guadalupe
AU - Kalungwana, Ng' Andwe
AU - Griffin, Jonathan Henry Charles
AU - Martínez-Guerra, Geovanni
AU - Ramírez-Ramírez, Iván
AU - Maldonado-Peralta, Ramiro
AU - Marshall, Lisa
AU - Bosch, Christine
AU - Cruz-Huerta, Nicacio
AU - Gonzalez-Santos, Rosalinda
AU - León, Patricia
AU - Chávez-Servia, José Luis
AU - González-Hernández, Víctor A.
AU - Phelps, Jacob
AU - Toledo-Ortiz, Gabriela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Plants, People, Planet published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd on behalf of New Phytologist Foundation.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - Tomatoes are important to agriculture, human nutrition and cuisines globally. However, many commercial tomato varieties, including the saladette that dominates the North American market, are highly sensitive to environmental changes that impact yields and critical biochemical pathways including carotenoids and isoprenoids that influence nutritional content and flavour. We highlight the potential of tomato agrodiversity, notably its genetic diversity, as an undervalued research tool for understanding environmental regulation of plant biochemistry under different climates. Yet, tomato genetic diversity in Mexico, the major centre of tomato domestication, is not formally described or protected. We propose that transdisciplinary efforts are essential to identify, conserve and research these globally significant genetic resources.
AB - Tomatoes are important to agriculture, human nutrition and cuisines globally. However, many commercial tomato varieties, including the saladette that dominates the North American market, are highly sensitive to environmental changes that impact yields and critical biochemical pathways including carotenoids and isoprenoids that influence nutritional content and flavour. We highlight the potential of tomato agrodiversity, notably its genetic diversity, as an undervalued research tool for understanding environmental regulation of plant biochemistry under different climates. Yet, tomato genetic diversity in Mexico, the major centre of tomato domestication, is not formally described or protected. We propose that transdisciplinary efforts are essential to identify, conserve and research these globally significant genetic resources.
KW - Mexico
KW - carotenoids
KW - conservation
KW - genetic resources
KW - transdisciplinary
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112393122&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/ppp3.10218
DO - 10.1002/ppp3.10218
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85112393122
SN - 2572-2611
VL - 3
SP - 703
EP - 709
JO - Plants People Planet
JF - Plants People Planet
IS - 6
ER -