Can genomics deliver climate-change ready crops?
Citation
Varshney, Rajeev K; Singh, Vikas K; Kumar, Arvind; Powell, Wayne and Sorrells, Mark E. 2018. Can genomics deliver climate-change ready crops?. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Volume 45 p. 205-211
Abstract/Description
Development of climate resilient crops with accelerating genetic gains in crops will require integration of different disciplines/technologies, to see the impact in the farmer's field. In this review, we summarize how we are utilizing our germplasm collections to identify superior alleles/haplotypes through NGS based sequencing approaches and how genomics-enabled technologies together with precise phenotyping are being used in crop breeding. Pre-breeding and genomics-assisted breeding approaches are contributing to the more efficient development of climate-resilient crops. It is anticipated that the integration of several disciplines/technologies will result in the delivery of climate change ready crops in less time
