Frontiers in Plant Science (Aug 2015)
Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: Progress and prospects
- Chittaranjan eKole,
- Mehanathan eMuthamilarasan,
- Robert eHenry,
- David eEdwards,
- Rishu eSharma,
- Michael eAbberton,
- Jacqueline eBatley,
- Alison eBentley,
- Michael eBlakeney,
- John eBryant,
- Hongwei eCai,
- Hongwei eCai,
- Mehmet eCakir,
- Leland J Cseke,
- James eCockram,
- Antonio Costa de Oliveira,
- Ciro De Pace,
- Hannes eDempewolf,
- Shelby eEllison,
- Paul eGepts,
- Andy eGreenland,
- Anthony eHall,
- Kiyosumi eHori,
- Stephen eHughes,
- Mike W Humphreys,
- Massimo eIorizzo,
- Abdelbagi M. Ismail,
- Athole eMarshall,
- Sean eMayes,
- Henry T Nguyen,
- Francis Chuks Ogbonnaya,
- Rodomiro eOrtiz,
- Andrew H. Paterson,
- Philipp W. Simon,
- Joe eTohme,
- Roberto eTuberosa,
- Babu eValliyodan,
- Rajeev K Varshney,
- Stan D Wullschleger,
- Masahiro eYano,
- Manoj ePrasad
Affiliations
- Chittaranjan eKole
- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
- Mehanathan eMuthamilarasan
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research
- Robert eHenry
- University of Queensland
- David eEdwards
- University of Queensland
- Rishu eSharma
- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
- Michael eAbberton
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
- Jacqueline eBatley
- University of Queensland
- Alison eBentley
- The John Bingham Laboratory
- Michael eBlakeney
- Centre for Commercial Law Studies
- John eBryant
- Hatherly Laboratories
- Hongwei eCai
- Forage Crop Research Institute
- Hongwei eCai
- China Agricultural University
- Mehmet eCakir
- Murdoch University
- Leland J Cseke
- University of Alabama in Huntsville
- James eCockram
- John Bingham Laboratory
- Antonio Costa de Oliveira
- Plant Genomics Center
- Ciro De Pace
- University of Tuscia
- Hannes eDempewolf
- Global Crop Diversity Trust
- Shelby eEllison
- University of Wisconsin
- Paul eGepts
- University of California
- Andy eGreenland
- John Bingham Laboratory
- Anthony eHall
- Lindsay Lane
- Kiyosumi eHori
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
- Stephen eHughes
- Hatherly Laboratories
- Mike W Humphreys
- Aberystwyth University
- Massimo eIorizzo
- University of Wisconsin
- Abdelbagi M. Ismail
- International Rice Research Institute
- Athole eMarshall
- Aberystwyth University
- Sean eMayes
- University of Nottingham
- Henry T Nguyen
- University of Missouri
- Francis Chuks Ogbonnaya
- Grains Research and Development Corporation
- Rodomiro eOrtiz
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Andrew H. Paterson
- University of Georgia
- Philipp W. Simon
- University of Wisconsin
- Joe eTohme
- Centro International de Agricultura Tropical
- Roberto eTuberosa
- Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences and Technology
- Babu eValliyodan
- University of Missouri
- Rajeev K Varshney
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- Stan D Wullschleger
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Masahiro eYano
- Institute of Crop Science
- Manoj ePrasad
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00563
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6
Abstract
Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to surge 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 and submergence, and pests along with increased productivity. Genomics appears to be a promising tool for deciphering the stress responsiveness of crop species with adaptation traits or in wild relatives towards identifying underlying genes, alleles or quantitative trait loci. Molecular breeding approaches have been proven helpful in enhancing the stress adaptation of crop plants, and recent advancement in next-generation sequencing along with 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 in improving climate change resilience in crop plants towards circumventing global food insecurity.
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