Designing Future Crops: Genomics-Assisted Breeding Comes of Age

    Varshney, R K and Bohra, A and Yu, J and Graner, A and Zhang, Q and Sorrells, M E (2021) Designing Future Crops: Genomics-Assisted Breeding Comes of Age. Trends in Plant Science (TSI), 26 (6). pp. 631-649. ISSN 1360-1385

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    Abstract

    Over the past decade, genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) has been instrumental in harnessing the potential of modern genome resources and characterizing and exploiting allelic variation for germplasm enhancement and cultivar development. Sustaining GAB in the future (GAB 2.0) will rely upon a suite of new approaches that fast-track targeted manipulation of allelic variation for creating novel diversity and facilitate their rapid and efficient incorporation in crop improvement programs. Genomic breeding strategies that optimize crop genomes with accumulation of beneficial alleles and purging of deleterious alleles will be indispensable for designing future crops. In coming decades, GAB 2.0 is expected to play a crucial role in breeding more climate-smart crop cultivars with higher nutritional value in a cost-effective and timely manner.

    Item Type: Article
    Divisions: Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement
    CRP: UNSPECIFIED
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Genetics, Genomics, Breeding
    Subjects: Others > Plant Breeding
    Others > Genetics and Genomics
    Depositing User: Mr Arun S
    Date Deposited: 16 Aug 2021 11:03
    Last Modified: 17 Aug 2021 08:28
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11871
    Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60820-x
    Projects: UNSPECIFIED
    Funders: UNSPECIFIED
    Acknowledgement: R.K.V. thanks Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USA, for supporting projects related to genomics-assisted breeding at ICRISAT and acknowledges Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology,Government of India for awarding JC Bose National Fellowship. Thanks are also due to Rutwik Barmukh, Prasad Bajaj, Pushpesh Joshi from ICRISAT, and Abha Tiwari from ICAR-IIPR for their help and support while preparing this article.
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