Plant genomics and phenomics represents the most promising tools for accelerating yield
gains and overcoming emerging crop productivity bottlenecks. However, accessing this …

Tremendous progress has been made with continually expanding genomics technologies to
unravel and understand crop genomes. However, the impact of genomics data on crop …

The research data life cycle from project planning to data publishing is an integral part of
current research. Until the last decade, researchers were responsible for all associated …

Genomics is playing an increasing role in plant breeding and this is accelerating with the
rapid advances in genome technology. Translating the vast abundance of data being …

A major challenge for food production in the coming decades is to meet the food demands of
a growing population (Beddington, 2010). The difficulty of expanding agricultural land, along …

Reliable, automatic, multifunctional, and high-throughput phenotypic technologies are
increasingly considered important tools for rapid advancement of genetic gain in breeding …

It has been estimated that agricultural production must be doubled by 2050 in order to meet
the predicted demand of growing world population. Achieving this goal poses a serious …

Historically, unintentional plant selection and subsequent crop domestication, coupled with
the need and desire to get more food and feed products, have resulted in the continuous …

This special issue of Plant Genetic Resources has assembled 52 short articles selected
among the over 350 oral and poster communications presented during the 2nd International …

Genomics research has great potential to revolutionize the discipline of plant breeding. This
two-volume set provides a critical assessment of genomics tools and approaches for crop …