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 …

Machine learning bridges omics sciences and plant breeding

J Yan, X Wang - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
Some of the biological knowledge obtained from fundamental research will be implemented
in applied plant breeding. To bridge basic research and breeding practice, machine learning …

Deep learning utilization in agriculture: Detection of rice plant diseases using an improved CNN model

G Latif, SE Abdelhamid, RE Mallouhy, J Alghazo… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rice is considered one the most important plants globally because it is a source of food for
over half the world's population. Like other plants, rice is susceptible to diseases that may …

Advances in “omics” approaches for improving toxic metals/metalloids tolerance in plants

A Raza, J Tabassum, Z Zahid, S Charagh… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production.
Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity …

A pan-Zea genome map for enhancing maize improvement

S Gui, W Wei, C Jiang, J Luo, L Chen, S Wu, W Li… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Maize (Zea mays L.) is at the vanguard facing the upcoming breeding
challenges. However, both a super pan-genome for the Zea genus and a comprehensive …

Machine learning: its challenges and opportunities in plant system biology

M Hesami, M Alizadeh, AMP Jones… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
Sequencing technologies are evolving at a rapid pace, enabling the generation of massive
amounts of data in multiple dimensions (eg, genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomic …

Unsupervised and semi‐supervised learning: The next frontier in machine learning for plant systems biology

J Yan, X Wang - The Plant Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in high‐throughput omics technologies are leading plant biology research into the
era of big data. Machine learning (ML) performs an important role in plant systems biology …

Systems biology for crop improvement

LT Pazhamala, H Kudapa, W Weckwerth… - The plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, generation of large‐scale data from genome, transcriptome, proteome,
metabolome, epigenome, and others, has become routine in several plant species. Most of …

Strategies for breeding crops for future environments

J Salse, RL Barnard, C Veneault-Fourrey… - Trends in Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
The green revolution successfully increased agricultural output in the early 1960s by relying
primarily on three pillars: plant breeding, irrigation, and chemical fertilization. Today, the …

Machine learning for predicting phenotype from genotype and environment

T Guo, X Li - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Predicting phenotype with genomic and environmental information is critically needed and
challenging. Machine learning methods have emerged as powerful tools to make accurate …