Key message The integration of new technologies into public plant breeding programs can
make a powerful step change in agricultural productivity when aligned with principles of …

Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek var. radiata] is an important food and cash legume
crop in Asia. Development of short duration varieties has paved the way for the expansion of …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Rapidly rising population and climate changes are two critical issues that require immediate
action to achieve sustainable development goals. The rising population is posing increased …

Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are one of the most informative and
multi-purpose genetic markers exploited in plant functional genomics. However, the …

Soybean is an important crop that is continually threatened by abiotic stresses, especially
drought and heat stress. At molecular levels, reduced yields due to drought and heat stress …

Cotton genetic resources contain diverse economically important traits that can be used
widely in breeding approaches to create of high-yielding elite cultivars with superior fiber …

Better understanding of the mechanistic basis of plant plasticity will enhance efforts to breed
crops resilient to predicted climate change. However, complexity in plasticity's …

Nutritious foods are essential for human health and development. However, malnutrition and
hidden hunger continue to be a challenge globally. In most developing countries, access to …

Omics technologies, namely genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and
phenomics, are becoming an integral part of virtually every commercial cereal crop breeding …