Redefining plant systems biology: from cell to ecosystem

TY - JOUR

T1 - Redefining plant systems biology: from cell to ecosystem

AU - Keurentjes, J.J.B.

AU - Angenent, G.C.

AU - Dicke, M.

AU - Martins Dos Santos, V.A.P.

AU - Molenaar, J.

AU - Van der Putten, W.H.

AU - de Ruiter, P.C.

AU - Struik, P.C.

AU - Thomma, B.P.H.J.

N1 - Reporting year: 2011 Metis note: 5050; WAG; TE

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Molecular biologists typically restrict systems biology to cellular levels. By contrast, ecologists define biological systems as communities of interacting individuals at different trophic levels that process energy, nutrient and information flows. Modern plant breeding needs to increase agricultural productivity while decreasing the ecological footprint. This requires a holistic systems biology approach that couples different aggregation levels while considering the variables that affect these biological systems from cell to community. The challenge is to generate accurate experimental data that can be used together with modelling concepts and techniques that allow experimentally verifying in silico predictions. The coupling of aggregation levels in plant sciences, termed Integral Quantification of Biological Organization (IQBiO), might enhance our abilities to generate new desired plant phenotypes

AB - Molecular biologists typically restrict systems biology to cellular levels. By contrast, ecologists define biological systems as communities of interacting individuals at different trophic levels that process energy, nutrient and information flows. Modern plant breeding needs to increase agricultural productivity while decreasing the ecological footprint. This requires a holistic systems biology approach that couples different aggregation levels while considering the variables that affect these biological systems from cell to community. The challenge is to generate accurate experimental data that can be used together with modelling concepts and techniques that allow experimentally verifying in silico predictions. The coupling of aggregation levels in plant sciences, termed Integral Quantification of Biological Organization (IQBiO), might enhance our abilities to generate new desired plant phenotypes

U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.12.002

DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.12.002

M3 - Article

SN - 1360-1385

VL - 16

SP - 183

EP - 190

JO - Trends in Plant Science

JF - Trends in Plant Science

IS - 4

ER -