<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Importance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives"^^ . "The importance of plant genetic diversity (PGD) is now being recognized as a specific area since exploding population with\r\nurbanization and decreasing cultivable lands are the critical factors contributing to food insecurity in developing world.Agricultural\r\nscientists realized thatPGDcan be captured and stored in the formof plant genetic resources (PGR) such as gene bank,DNAlibrary,\r\nand so forth, in the biorepository which preserve genetic material for long period. However, conserved PGR must be utilized for\r\ncrop improvement in order to meet future global challenges in relation to food and nutritional security.This paper comprehensively\r\nreviews four important areas; (i) the significance of plant genetic diversity (PGD) and PGR especially on agriculturally important\r\ncrops (mostly field crops); (ii) risk associated with narrowing the genetic base of current commercial cultivars and climate change;\r\n(iii) analysis of existing PGD analytical methods in pregenomic and genomic era; and (iv) modern tools available for PGD analysis\r\nin postgenomic era. This discussion benefits the plant scientist community in order to use the new methods and technology for\r\nbetter and rapid assessment, for utilization of germplasm from gene banks to their applied breeding programs. With the advent\r\nof new biotechnological techniques, this process of genetic manipulation is now being accelerated and carried out with more\r\nprecision (neglecting environmental effects) and fast-track manner than the classical breeding techniques. It is also to note that\r\ngene banks look in to several issues in order to improve levels of germplasm distribution and its utilization, duplication of plant\r\nidentity, and access to database, for prebreeding activities. Since plant breeding research and cultivar development are integral\r\ncomponents of improving food production, therefore, availability of and access to diverse genetic sources will ensure that the global\r\nfood production network becomes more sustainable. The pros and cons of the basic and advanced statistical tools available for\r\nmeasuring genetic diversity are briefly discussed and their source links (mostly) were provided to get easy access; thus, it improves\r\nthe understanding of tools and its practical applicability to the researchers"^^ . "2015" . . . "Hindawi Publishing Corporation"^^ . . . "Genetics Research International"^^ . . . "20903154" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "M"^^ . "Vetriventhan"^^ . "M Vetriventhan"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Srinivasan"^^ . "M Srinivasan"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Govindaraj"^^ . "M Govindaraj"^^ . . . . . . "Importance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Importance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Importance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Importance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Importance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "Importance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives (Other)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #8655 \n\nImportance of Genetic Diversity Assessment in Crop Plants and Its Recent Advances: An Overview of Its Analytical Perspectives\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Genetics and Genomics"@en . .