Revolutionizing Crop Production: The Imperative of Speed Breeding Technology in Modern Crop Improvement

Pasala, R and Chennamsetti, M and Patil, B and Kadirvel, P and Geethanjali, S and Nagaram, S and Sajja, S and Vennapusa, A R and Prasad, P V V and Mathur, R K (2024) Revolutionizing Crop Production: The Imperative of Speed Breeding Technology in Modern Crop Improvement. Crop Breeding Genetics and Genomics, 6 (2). pp. 1-23. ISSN 2632-7309

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Abstract

Speed breeding (SB) technology is an innovative solution to shorten the breeding cycle and accelerate crop improvement. The key factors of plant growth and development, including photoperiod, light intensity and quality, temperature, relative humidity, planting density and plant nutrition are manipulated in such a way as to stimulate flowering and seed set under controlled conditions. The development of SB technology may be challenging as crops tend to vary in their response to physiological manipulations. Therefore, crop-specific optimization is highly critical to developing successful SB technology in crops. The SB technology can also be synergistically integrated with cutting edge genomics and marker-assisted selection technologies to enhance genetic gain in crop breeding programmes. In this review, various aspects concerning the science and techniques underpinning SB technology, the successful implementation of SB technology in different crops, the inherent challenges faced, and the potential opportunities to integrate SB technology with cutting-edge genomics technologies towards accelerating crop improvement are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Global Research Program - Accelerated Crop Improvement
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	photoperiod, genetic gain, breeding cycle, rapid generation advancement, genomic selection, gene editing, marker-assisted selection, high throughput technologies
Subjects:	Others > Crop Improvement Others > Plant Breeding
Depositing User:	Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited:	01 Jul 2024 08:50
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2024 08:50
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12729
Official URL:	https://cbgg.hapres.com/htmls/CBGG_1610_Detail.htm...
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