@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00007247, author = {HUBER, Steven C.}, journal = {農学国際協力}, month = {Jul}, note = {Sustainable agriculture will be required to maintain the environment and to feed the growing world population. In addition to improved cultural practices (e.g., crop rotation, use of crop residues to build the soil, biological pest control), improved crops will certainly be part of the answer and genetically engineered plants will be an approach of choice. Early goals of genetic engineering were to transfer single genes that could influence pest resistance or herbicide resistance. Future goals will need to focus on multiple genes or global factors that impact pathways, and will also shift from gene identification to consider the impact of proteomics on phenotype. In addition, in order to impact on agriculture it will be necessary to involve teams of scientists that span traditional disciplinary boundaries. The University can truly function as an ‘Architect of the New Century’ by assembling such teams and providing the “seed” money needed to initiate programs that conduct fundamental research of applied problems that impact on agriculture. How might primary plant metabolism be manipulated to improve productivity or crop value? In general, we are trying to identify biological mechanisms controlling important plant processes that may provide opportunities for manipulation to produce ‘improved’ plants for agriculture. This paper briefly mentions a few examples from literature and focuses on some possible avenues for control of metabolism that are related to current research activities in the author’s laboratory.}, pages = {57--58}, title = {Regulation of Carbon Metabolism in Relation to Plant Productivity}, volume = {4}, year = {2004} }