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ReviewPlant physiology2025

Plant oil biosynthesis and genetic improvement: progress, challenges, and opportunities.

Chaobo Tong, Yiran Ding, Xin Cheng, Lijiang Liu, Xinmin Liu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yutian Xia, Maoteng Li, Shengyi Liu

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Review in Plant physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Evaluation of Sesame (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Development of molecular markers associated with saline-alkali tolerance in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.).TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026
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  5. Lipid regulation inFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Chaobo TongOil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430062, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8810-3677
Yiran DingDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Xin ChengDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Lijiang LiuOil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430062, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0108-0407
Xinmin LiuDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Yuanyuan ZhangOil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430062, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6212-0943
Yutian XiaDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0009-0005-7442-9998
Maoteng LiDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1655-9637
Shengyi LiuOil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan 430062, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4955-4763

Funding

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences CAAS-ASTIP-2021-OCRIChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences CAAS-CSIAF-202402National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFD1600500National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFD1200400National Natural Science Foundation of China 32370693
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant oil production is crucial for meeting the global demand for vegetable oils providing essential fatty acids and energy and for various industry uses. Plant oil biosynthesis is a complex biological process. Understanding the process is essential for improving oil crop productivity and nutritional quality. To target genetic improvement strategies of oil content, this review attempts to provide a broad view of oil biosynthesis in terms of the oil biosynthesis chain and was thus arranged into four sections: the code/control center of oil production-genetic and genomic insight into seed oil content control; the manufacturing center of oil production-oil biosynthesis and its regulation; the upstream raw material supply chains of oil production-carbon source, energy, and reductants; and the progresses, challenges, and strategies-oil content improvement by conventional and biotechnological breeding in the past and future. Within these sections, we highlight major-effect quantitative trait loci of oil content and the WRINKLED1- and SEEDSTICK-centered regulatory networks of oil biosynthesis and then revisit/update the significance of both photosynthetic and maternal effect on oil content and the central metabolic pathways and related bypasses in oil accumulation. Strategies for further improvement of oil content are discussed toward constructing integrated frameworks for increasing oil productivity. Overall, with this review we aim to consolidate the recent progress regarding oil biosynthesis in crops and provide insights into future research and practical applications to crop oil production.

Indexed as

Plant OilsCrops, AgriculturalPlant BreedingQuantitative Trait LociSeedsPlant Oils

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PMID40796182
PMCPMC12409418

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