Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects

Kole, Chittaranjan ; Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan ; Henry, Robert ; Edwards, David ; Sharma, Rishu ; Abberton, Michael ; Batley, Jacqueline ; Bentley, Alison ; Blakeney, Michael ; Bryant, John ; Cai, Hongwei ; Cakir, Mehmet ; Cseke, Leland J. ; Cockram, James ; de Oliveira, Antonio Costa ; De Pace, Ciro ; Dempewolf, Hannes ; Ellison, Shelby ; Gepts, Paul ; Greenland, Andy ; Hall, Anthony ; Hori, Kiyosumi ; Hughes, Stephen ; Humphreys, Mike W. ; Iorizzo, Massimo ; Ismail, Abdelbagi M. ; Marshall, Athole ; Mayes, Sean ; Nguyen, Henry T. ; Ogbonnaya, Francis C. ; Ortiz, Rodomiro ; Paterson, Andrew H. ; Simon, Philipp W. ; Tohme, Joe ; Tuberosa, Roberto ; Valliyodan, Babu ; Varshney, Rajeev K. ; Wullschleger, Stan D. ; Yano, Masahiro ; Prasad, Manoj (2015) Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects Frontiers in Plant Science, 6 . ISSN 1664-462X

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00563

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00563

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 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.

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