title: Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects.
abstract: Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to increase further due to global warming. This situation has compelled plant scientists to develop climate change-resilient crops, which can withstand broad-spectrum stresses such as drought, heat, cold, salinity, flood, submergence and pests, thus helping to deliver increased productivity. Genomics appears to be a promising tool for deciphering the stress responsiveness of crop species with adaptation traits or in wild relatives toward identifying underlying genes, alleles or quantitative trait loci. Molecular breeding approaches have proven helpful in enhancing the stress adaptation of crop plants, and recent advances in high-throughput sequencing and phenotyping platforms have transformed molecular breeding to genomics-assisted breeding (GAB). In view of this, the present review elaborates the progress and prospects of GAB for improving climate change resilience in crops, which is likely to play an ever increasing role in the effort to ensure global food security.
authors: Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Mohanpur, India.
authors: Chittaranjan
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authors: Kole
authors: Department of Plant Molecular Genetics and Genomics, National Institute of Plant Genome Research New Delhi, India.
authors: Mehanathan
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authors: Muthamilarasan
authors: Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
authors: Robert
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authors: School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors: David
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authors: Edwards
authors: Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya Mohanpur, India.
authors: Rishu
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authors: Genetic Resources Centre, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan, Nigeria.
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authors: Abberton
authors: Centre for Integrated Legume Research, University of Queensland Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors: Jacqueline
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authors: Batley
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authors: Alison
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authors: CLES, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter Exeter, UK.
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authors: Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University Murdoch, WA, Australia.
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authors: Antonio Costa
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authors: Department of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy, University of Tuscia Viterbo, Italy.
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authors: Global Crop Diversity Trust, Platz der Vereinten Nationen Bonn, Germany.
authors: Hannes
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authors: Dempewolf
authors: Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA.
authors: Shelby
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authors: Ellison
authors: Section of Crop and Ecosystem Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis Davis, CA, USA.
authors: Paul
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authors: The John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany Cambridge, UK.
authors: Andy
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authors: Greenland
authors: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, USA.
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authors: Hall
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authors: Hughes
authors: Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University Wales, UK.
authors: Mike W
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authors: Humphreys
authors: Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA.
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authors: Ismail
authors: Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University Wales, UK.
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authors: Sean
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authors: Mayes
authors: National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Science, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA.
authors: Henry T
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authors: Nguyen
authors: Grains Research and Development Corporation Kingston, ACT, Australia.
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authors: Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sundvagen, Sweden.
authors: Rodomiro
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authors: Ortiz
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authors: Andrew H
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authors: Paterson
authors: Department of Horticulture, USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, USA.
authors: Philipp W
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authors: Simon
authors: Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project, Centro International de Agricultura Tropical Cali, Columbia.
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authors: National Center for Soybean Biotechnology and Division of Plant Science, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA.
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authors: Center of Excellence in Genomics, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Patancheru, India.
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authors: Varshney
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authors: Wullschleger
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keywords: breeding; climate change; crop improvement; genomics; stress tolerance