Designing future crops: genomics-assisted breeding comes of age

RK Varshney, A Bohra, J Yu, A Graner, Q Zhang… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
Over the past decade, genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) has been instrumental in
harnessing the potential of modern genome resources and characterizing and exploiting …

Features and applications of haplotypes in crop breeding

JA Bhat, D Yu, A Bohra, SA Ganie… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change with altered pest-disease dynamics and rising abiotic stresses threatens
resource-constrained agricultural production systems worldwide. Genomics-assisted …

Fast-forward breeding for a food-secure world

RK Varshney, A Bohra, M Roorkiwal, R Barmukh… - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Crop production systems need to expand their outputs sustainably to feed a burgeoning
human population. Advances in genome sequencing technologies combined with efficient …

Genomic resources in plant breeding for sustainable agriculture

M Thudi, R Palakurthi, JC Schnable… - Journal of Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change during the last 40 years has had a serious impact on agriculture and
threatens global food and nutritional security. From over half a million plant species, cereals …

[HTML][HTML] 5Gs for crop genetic improvement

RK Varshney, P Sinha, VK Singh, A Kumar… - Current Opinion in Plant …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•5G breeding approach brings precision and enhances efficiency in breeding
programs.•Genome, germplasm, gene function, genomic breeding and genome editing are …

Breeding custom‐designed crops for improved drought adaptation

RK Varshney, R Barmukh, M Roorkiwal, Y Qi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The current pace of crop improvement is inadequate to feed the burgeoning human
population by 2050. Higher, more stable, and sustainable crop production is required …

Genomic interventions for sustainable agriculture

A Bohra, U Chand Jha, ID Godwin… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural production faces a Herculean challenge to feed the increasing global
population. Food production systems need to deliver more with finite land and water …

Perspectives on the application of genome-editing technologies in crop breeding

K Hua, J Zhang, JR Botella, C Ma, F Kong, B Liu… - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Most conventional and modern crop-improvement methods exploit natural or artificially
induced genetic variations and require laborious characterization of the progenies of …

The landscape of gene–CDS–haplotype diversity in rice: Properties, population organization, footprints of domestication and breeding, and implications for genetic …

F Zhang, C Wang, M Li, Y Cui, Y Shi, Z Wu, Z Hu… - Molecular plant, 2021 - cell.com
Polymorphisms within gene coding regions represent the most important part of the overall
genetic diversity of rice. We characterized the gene–coding sequence–haplotype (gcHap) …

Superior haplotypes for haplotype‐based breeding for drought tolerance in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.)

P Sinha, VK Singh, RK Saxena… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Haplotype‐based breeding, a recent promising breeding approach to develop tailor‐made
crop varieties, deals with identification of superior haplotypes and their deployment in …