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Breeding by Design for Functional Rice with Genome Editing Technologies
Published on: January 3, 2025
From genes to farms: a modern breeding revolution
Muhammad Abdullah1, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor2, Sidra Anwar3
1School of Science, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract:
Feeding a growing world demands smarter crop breeding. A recent study by Yao et al. analysed 108 maize hybrids across three breeding eras, identifying favourable alleles for plant architecture and dense planting. Pyramiding these alleles into elite parental lines while retaining yield-related alleles produced improved hybrids, demonstrating measurable yield gains.
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