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Groundnut Breeding
Considerable progress has been made in groundnut breeding programmes where 233 varieties were released from the past 25 years. The chapter will throw...
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Recent Approaches in Breeding for Salt Tolerance in Rice in Bangladesh
Salinity is one of the most important abiotic stresses which limit agricultural productivity and pose threats to food security in Bangladesh as rice...
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Pre-breeding Strategies
In general terms, pre-breeding links needed traits to new varieties and encompasses activities from discovery research, exploration of gene banks,...
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Physical and Chemicals Mutagenesis in Plant Breeding
World agriculture faces the challenge of food security because of the rapid growth of human population, reduced arable land area, plant productivity...
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GPS tracking analyses reveal finely-tuned shorebird space use and movement patterns throughout the non-breeding season in high-latitude austral intertidal areas
BackgroundLong-distance migratory birds spend most of their annual cycle in non-breeding areas. During this period birds must meet their daily...
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Lathyrus Breeding
Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is a climate-resilient nutrient-dense crop that offers food and nutritional security to many low-income communities...
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Simulating deployment of genetic gain in a radiata pine breeding program with genomic selection
Genomic selection (GS) is currently being used in the New Zealand radiata pine ( Pinus radiata D. Don) breeding program to accelerate genetic gain. GS...
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Understanding the Concept of Speed Breeding in Crop Improvement: Opportunities and Challenges Towards Global Food Security
Considering fast-changing environment, emerging pathogens, and the imminent need to feed a global population that is predicted to increase to 9–10...
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Concepts and Employment of Molecular Markers in Crop Breeding
The molecular marker system has transformed the outcome of crop breeding by overcoming the shortcomings of conventional breeding. Molecular breeding...
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Soybean Breeding
Unique confluence of oilseed, leguminous and nutraceutical properties in soybean seed has made this crop the leading oilseed, the major animal feed...
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Investigating the genetic control of plant development in spring barley under speed breeding conditions
Key messageThis study found that the genes, PPD-H1 and ELF3, control the acceleration of plant development under speed breeding, with important...
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Rice Breeding
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) belongs to Poaceae family and serves as food for more than half of the global population. Domesticated from O. preperennis...
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Strategies for accelerating genetic gains in crop plants: special focus on speed breeding
Feeding 10 billion people sustainably by 2050 in the era of slow genetic progress has spurred urgent calls to bring more crops per unit time. Over...
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Wheat Breeding
Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a major staple rabi cereal contributing about 20% calories to the human diet and important cereal for ensuring food and...
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Sorghum Breeding
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is the fifth most important cereal crop after wheat, rice, maize, and barley across the world. It is mostly...
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Calibration and validation of predicted genomic breeding values in an advanced cycle maize population
Key messageModel training on data from all selection cycles yielded the highest prediction accuracy by attenuating specific effects of individual...
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Genomic Selection-Driven Wheat Breeding for Superior Genetic Gains: Status Quo and Future Steps
Conventional breeding approaches rely on phenotypic selection, which is a crucial phase in crop breeding. Breeders have been able to make use of...
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Male sterility and hybrid breeding in soybean
Hybrid breeding can help us to meet the challenge of feeding a growing world population with limited agricultural land. The demand for soybean is...
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Challenges in Plant Breeding Under Climate Change: A Review
Climate change challenges plant breeding, requiring a reassessment of methods. This review explores obstacles due to shifting climates, impacting...
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High-yield hybrid breeding of Camellia oleifolia based on ISSR molecular markers
BackgroundC. Oleifera is among the world’s largest four woody plants known for their edible oil production, yet the contribution rate of improved...
