Genetic diversity between individuals can be tracked and monitored using a range of
molecular markers. These markers can detect variation ranging in scale from a single base …

The increasing demand for food, combined with the rapidly increasing global population,
rings the alarm bell in light of decreasing natural resources and the increasing trend of …

The word phenotyping can nowadays invoke visions of a drone or phenocart moving swiftly
across research plots collecting high-resolution data sets on a wide array of traits. This has …

A plant breeder faces the challenge of how to more effectively and efficiently perform
selection and accelerate the breeding progress to satisfy the requirements of changing …

Crop genetic improvements catalysed population growth, which in turn has increased the
pressure for food security. We need to produce 70% more food to meet the demands of 9.5 …

The anticipated population growth by 2050 will be coupled with increased food demand. To
achieve higher and sustainable food supplies in order to feed the global population by 2050 …

Using next-generation sequencing technologies it is possible to resequence entire plant
genomes or sample entire transcriptomes more efficiently and economically and in greater …

Although significant strides have been made in crop improvement through phenotypic
selections for agronomical important traits, considerable difficulties are often encountered …

Demographic trends and changes to climate require a more efficient use of plant genetic
resources in breeding programs. Indeed, the release of high-yielding varieties has resulted …

Ever since the first Agricultural Revolution, humans have domesticated hundreds of plant
species and it is considered that the evolution of crop plants took place as human behavioral …