Most cereal crops were domesticated within the last 12,000 years and subsequently spread
around the world. These crops have been nourishing the world by supplying a primary …

The worldwide agricultural system confronts a significant challenge represented by the
increasing demand for food in the face of a growing global population. This challenge is …

Human selection on wild populations mostly favored a common set of plant traits during
domestication. This process of direct selection also altered other independent traits that …

In the current era, one of biggest challenges is to shorten the breeding cycle for rapid
generation of a new crop variety having high yield capacity, disease resistance, high nutrient …

Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

The classic domestication scenario for grains and fruits has been portrayed as the lucky
fixation of major-effect “domestication genes.” Characterization of these genes plus recent …

Crop improvement by domestication and traditional breeding often results in fitness
penalties and loss of genetic diversity, which greatly threatens crop production and food …

Highlights•The new breeding strategy, de novo domestication, has emerged and been
demonstrated by pioneer work.•New agricultural challenges drive the shift of breeding …

As a major event in human civilization, wild plants were successfully domesticated to be
crops, largely owing to continuing artificial selection. Here, we summarize new discoveries …

Breeding future crops to feed the world through de novo domestication | Nature Communications
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