Can omics deliver temperature resilient ready-to-grow crops?

Raza, A and Tabassum, J and Kudapa, H and Varshney, R K (2021) Can omics deliver temperature resilient ready-to-grow crops? Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (TSI). pp. 1-24. ISSN 0738-8551

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Abstract

Plants are extensively well-thought-out as the main source for nourishing natural life on earth. In the natural environment, plants have to face several stresses, mainly heat stress (HS), chilling stress (CS) and freezing stress (FS) due to adverse climate fluctuations. These stresses are considered as a major threat for sustainable agriculture by hindering plant growth and development, causing damage, ultimately leading to yield losses worldwide and counteracting to achieve the goal of “zero hunger” proposed by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Notably, this is primarily because of the numerous inequities happening at the cellular, molecular and/or physiological levels, especially during plant developmental stages under temperature stress. Plants counter to temperature stress via a complex phenomenon including variations at different developmental stages that comprise modifications in physiological and biochemical processes, gene expression and differences in the levels of metabolites and proteins. During the last decade, omics approaches have revolutionized how plant biologists explore stress-responsive mechanisms and pathways, driven by current scientific developments. However, investigations are still required to explore numerous features of temperature stress responses in plants to create a complete idea in the arena of stress signaling. Therefore, this review highlights the recent advances in the utilization of omics approaches to understand stress adaptation and tolerance mechanisms. Additionally, how to overcome persisting knowledge gaps. Shortly, the combination of integrated omics, genome editing, and speed breeding can revolutionize modern agricultural production to feed millions worldwide in order to accomplish the goal of “zero hunger.”

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : Genetic Gains
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Abiotic stress; CRISPR, GWAS, Metabolomics, Proteomics, QTL, Stress responses, Systems biology, Temperature stress, speed breeding, Zero hunger
Subjects:	Others > Climate Adaptation Others > Abiotic Stress Others > Food Security
Depositing User:	Mr Arun S
Date Deposited:	27 May 2021 10:58
Last Modified:	27 May 2021 10:58
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11823
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2021.1898332
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	AR and JT would like to thank the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) for providing a research environment and Ph.D. scholarship. Authors are thankful to various scientists and colleagues for scientific discussions that have made it possible to develop this MS. RKV is thankful to the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India for providing the J C Bose National Fellowship (SB/S9/ Z-13/2019) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1130244) for supporting genomics and molecular breeding projects. This work has been undertaken as a part of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC).
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