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 …

Developing drought‐smart, ready‐to‐grow future crops

A Raza, MS Mubarik, R Sharif, M Habib… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Breeding crop plants with increased yield potential and improved tolerance to stressful
environments is critical for global food security. Drought stress (DS) adversely affects …

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 …

Breeding more crops in less time: A perspective on speed breeding

K Samantara, A Bohra, SR Mohapatra, R Prihatini… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Feeding our growing population is one of the primary concerns of plant
breeders. Plant breeding needs to deliver a steady stream of modern cultivars in a time-and …

Seeing the lights for leafy greens in indoor vertical farming

CE Wong, ZWN Teo, L Shen, H Yu - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Agricultural production in controlled indoor farming offers a reliable alternative
to food and nutrition supply for densely populated cities and contributes to addressing the …

Opportunities and challenges of speed breeding: A review

MA Wanga, H Shimelis, J Mashilo, MD Laing - Plant Breeding, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Breeding new and high performing cultivars with market‐preferred traits take more than 10
years in the absence of an integrated pre‐breeding programme. During the early phases of …

Advantage of nanotechnology-based genome editing system and its application in crop improvement

S Ahmar, T Mahmood, S Fiaz, F Mora-Poblete… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Agriculture is an important source of human food. However, current agricultural practices
need modernizing and strengthening to fulfill the increasing food requirements of the …

Natural variation in crops: realized understanding, continuing promise

Y Liang, HJ Liu, J Yan, F Tian - Annual review of plant biology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Crops feed the world's population and shape human civilization. The improvement of crop
productivity has been ongoing for almost 10,000 years and has evolved from an experience …

Need for speed: manipulating plant growth to accelerate breeding cycles

M Bhatta, P Sandro, MR Smith, O Delaney… - Current Opinion in Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
To develop more productive and resilient crops that are capable of feeding 10 billion people
by 2050, we must accelerate the rate of genetic improvement in plant breeding programs …

Combining speed breeding with traditional and genomics‐assisted breeding for crop improvement

S Pandey, A Singh, SK Parida, M Prasad - Plant breeding, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accelerated crop growth strategy innovations are required as we reach saturation peaks
regarding the productivity of major food crops. Speed breeding (SB) is one of the most …