ReviewAnnals of botany2026
Is more better? Polyploidy in crops with diverse end uses and the potential for future applications.
Review in Annals of botany, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Polyploidy: A macromutational force pushing bioeconomic developments.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Review
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backgroundIncreasing the number of chromosome sets can increase cell size and improve yields in some crops. Breeding polyploid crops introduces unique challenges compared to diploid species, which has deterred many from exploring the potential benefits. Despite this, recent technological advancements have alleviated some of the challenges related to complex genomes and enabled the improvement of many polyploid crops. Given these advancements, there is a need to review the use of higher ploidy crops and explore potential opportunities for increased chromosome number. Many of the leading bioenergy crops are polyploids and there may be additional opportunities to further diversify feedstocks for emerging bioenergy markets. Such diversification would help to meet the anticipated increase in renewable and sustainable energy demands. SCOPE: In this perspective review, we review polyploid crops and the extent to which ploidy level impacts improvement and production. The advantages and disadvantages of each crop are discussed in the context of their ploidy level and end-use. Particular emphasis is given to the current role and potential of polyploidy in creating the next generation of bioenergy feedstocks.
conclusionPolyploids present challenges to crop improvement due to their complex genomes, but many of these difficulties can and have been overcome with technological advancements. Approaches that facilitate the use of higher ploidy crops open a path to capturing the many benefits of polyploidy, such as increased fruit and seed size, vigour, diversity, biomass and yield quality. However, these benefits are not observed across all species. This further emphasizes the need to study higher ploidy in traditionally diploid crops.
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