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Breeding by Design for Functional Rice with Genome Editing Technologies
Published on: January 3, 2025
Advances in cereal genomics and applications in crop breeding
Rajeev K Varshney1, David A Hoisington, Akhilesh K Tyagi
1Applied Genomics Laboratory, Global Theme on Biotechnology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, A.P., India. r.k.varshney@cgiar.org
Abstract:
Recent advances in cereal genomics have made it possible to analyse the architecture of cereal genomes and their expressed components, leading to an increase in our knowledge of the genes that are linked to key agronomically important traits. These studies have used molecular genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) of several complex traits that are important in breeding. The identification and molecular cloning of genes underlying QTLs offers the possibility to examine the naturally occurring allelic variation for respective complex traits. Novel alleles, identified by functional genomics or haplotype analysis, can enrich the genetic basis of cultivated crops to improve productivity. Advances made in cereal genomics research in recent years thus offer the opportunities to enhance the prediction of phenotypes from genotypes for cereal breeding.
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