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creators_name: Varshney, R K
creators_name: Bansal, K C
creators_name: Aggarwal, P K
creators_name: Datta, S K
creators_name: Craufurd, P Q
icrisatcreators_name: Varshney, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Craufurd, P Q
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology(New Delhi)
affiliation: National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources(New Delhi)
affiliation: Indian Council of Agricultural Research(New Delhi)
country: India
title: Agricultural biotechnology for crop improvement in a variable climate: hope or hype?
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.8
full_text_status: restricted
note: We record our special thanks to the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of
Government of India. We also thank the CGIAR Generation Challenge
Programme and CGIAR Challenge Programme on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security for financial support for different research
projects in the laboratories of the authors. We thank Mr Abhishek Bohra,
Dr Reyaz Mir, Ms Anuja Dubey and Ms Sri Swathi for their help with
preparing the article and two anonymous reviewers for improving the
manuscript with their constructive criticism.
abstract: Developing crops that are better adapted to abiotic stresses is important for food production in many parts of the world today. Anticipated changes in climate and its variability, particularly extreme temperatures and changes in rainfall, are expected to make crop improvement even more crucial for food production. Here, we review two key biotechnology approaches, molecular breeding and genetic engineering, and their integration with conventional breeding to develop crops that are more tolerant of abiotic stresses. In addition to a multidisciplinary approach, we also examine some constraints that need to be overcome to realize the full potential of agricultural biotechnology for sustainable crop production to meet the demands of a projected world population of nine billion in 2050.
date: 2011
date_type: published
publication: Trends in Plant Science
volume: 16
number: 7
publisher: Elsevier
pagerange: 363-371
refereed: TRUE
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2011.03.004
related_url_url: http://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/abstract/S1360-1385(11)00052-5
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funders: Generation Challenge Programme
funders: CGIAR Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
citation:   Varshney, R K and Bansal, K C and Aggarwal, P K and Datta, S K and Craufurd, P Q  (2011) Agricultural biotechnology for crop improvement in a variable climate: hope or hype?  Trends in Plant Science, 16 (7).  pp. 363-371.      
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/627/1/TrendsInPlSci16_7_363-371_2011.pdf