title: Genomic innovation for crop improvement.
abstract: Crop production needs to increase to secure future food supplies, while reducing its impact on ecosystems. Detailed characterization of plant genomes and genetic diversity is crucial for meeting these challenges. Advances in genome sequencing and assembly are being used to access the large and complex genomes of crops and their wild relatives. These have helped to identify a wide spectrum of genetic variation and permitted the association of genetic diversity with diverse agronomic phenotypes. In combination with improved and automated phenotyping assays and functional genomic studies, genomics is providing new foundations for crop-breeding systems.
authors.affiliation: John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Bevan
authors.affiliation: John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
authors.forename: Cristobal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Uauy
authors.affiliation: John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
authors.forename: Brande B H
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Wulff
authors.affiliation: John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.|Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.|The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
authors.forename: Ksenia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krasileva
authors.affiliation: Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.|School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D000069599:Crop Production / Q000379:methods*; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D000069600:Plant Breeding / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA