ReviewJournal of experimental botany2019
Undervalued potential of crassulacean acid metabolism for current and future agricultural production.
Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.
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- Adaptive Responses of Tropical Crops: A Multi-Scale Omics Integrated Perspective.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Optimal Methods for Estimating Cactus Pear Biomass Using Cladode Dimensions of Morphologically Diverse Accessions.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Diversity and plant growth-promoting properties of rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria associated with Agave americana.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025Article
- Biorefinery for a circular carbon paradigm: process benefits to the use of dryland CAM crops for anaerobic volatile fatty acid production.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of conventional and IRMS techniques for honey adulteration detection in accordance with ISIRI standards.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Drought Tolerant Capability of Pineapple [Tropical life sciences research · 2025Article
- Advances in Molecular Research of Tropical Fruit.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- The Nitrogen Preference of Cactus Pear (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Native and Non-Native Soil and EndophyticJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Phytochemicals and Functional Properties of Pitaya Juice Powders.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Water Management Interventions, Organic Fertilization, and Harvest Time in Dry Land in the Biosaline Production of Cactus Pear.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Drought Stress Induced Different Response Mechanisms in Three Dendrobium Species under Different Photosynthetic Pathways.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Chemical Properties, Ruminal Fermentation, Gas Production and Digestibility of Silages Composed of Spineless Cactus and Tropical Forage Plants for Sheep Feeding.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- A chromosome-level genome assembly ofHorticulture research · 2024Article
- Lessons from the history of Agave: ecological and cultural context for valuation of CAM.Annals of botany · 2023Review
- Ecological-niche modeling reveals current opportunities for Agave dryland farming in Sonora, Mexico and Arizona, USA.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Evidence for Light and Tissue Specific Regulation of Genes Involved in Fructan Metabolism inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The potential for crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to support resilient crops that meet demands for food, fiber, fuel, and pharmaceutical products far exceeds current production levels. This review provides background on five families of plants that express CAM, including examples of many species within these families that have potential agricultural uses. We summarize traditional uses, current developments, management practices, environmental tolerance ranges, and economic values of CAM species with potential commercial applications. The primary benefit of CAM in agriculture is high water use efficiency that allows for reliable crop yields even in drought conditions. Agave species, for example, grow in arid conditions and have been exploited for agricultural products in North and South America for centuries. Yet, there has been very little investment in agricultural improvement for most useful Agave varieties. Other CAM species that are already traded globally include Ananas comosus (pineapple), Aloe spp., Vanilla spp., and Opuntia spp., but there are far more with agronomic uses that are less well known and not yet developed commercially. Recent advances in technology and genomic resources provide tools to understand and realize the tremendous potential for using CAM crops to produce climate-resilient agricultural commodities in the future.
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