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Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects
- Source :
- Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol 6 (2015), Kole, C; Muthamilarasan, M; Henry, R; Edwards, D; Sharma, R; Abberton, M; et al.(2015). Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: Progress and prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6(AUG). doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00563. UC Davis: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7jj6z0j4, Frontiers in plant science, vol 6, iss AUG
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2015.
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Abstract
- © 2015 Kole, Muthamilarasan, Henry, Edwards, Sharma, Abberton, Batley, Bentley, Blakeney, Bryant, Cai, Cakir, Cseke, Cockram, de Oliveira, De Pace, Dempewolf, Ellison, Gepts, Greenland, Hall, Hori, Hughes, Humphreys, Iorizzo, Ismail, Marshall, Mayes, Nguyen, Ogbonnaya, Ortiz, Paterson, Simon, Tohme, Tuberosa, Valliyodan, Varshney, Wullschleger, Yano and Prasad. Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to increase further due to global warming. This situation has compelled plant scientists to develop climate change-resilient crops, which can withstand broad-spectrum stresses such as drought, heat, cold, salinity, flood, submergence and pests, thus helping to deliver increased productivity. Genomics appears to be a promising tool for deciphering the stress responsiveness of crop species with adaptation traits or in wild relatives toward identifying underlying genes, alleles or quantitative trait loci. Molecular breeding approaches have proven helpful in enhancing the stress adaptation of crop plants, and recent advances in high-throughput sequencing and phenotyping platforms have transformed molecular breeding to genomics-assisted breeding (GAB). In view of this, the present review elaborates the progress and prospects of GAB for improving climate change resilience in crops, which is likely to play an ever increasing role in the effort to ensure global food security.
- Subjects :
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Climate change
Plant Biology
Review
Plant Science
Biology
lcsh:Plant culture
Genetics
genomics
lcsh:SB1-1110
Agricultural productivity
Productivity
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Molecular breeding
Food security
stress tolerance
Agroforestry
business.industry
Global warming
fungi
food and beverages
crop improvement
Biotechnology
climate change
breeding
Genomic
Psychological resilience
Adaptation
business
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1664462X
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Plant Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c527b4bb58ef7bfa995cf18715d81f60
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00563