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Breeding strategies for late blight resistance in potato crop: recent developments
Late blight (LB) is a serious disease that affects potato crop and is caused by Phytophthora infestans . Fungicides are commonly used to manage this...
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Accelerated breeding strategies for biochemical marker-assisted backcross breeding and map** population development in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
In order to rapidly adapt to the evolving climate and sustainably nourish the growing global population, plant breeders are actively investigating...
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Clonal diploid and autopolyploid breeding strategies to harness heterosis: insights from stochastic simulation
Key messageReciprocal recurrent selection sometimes increases genetic gain per unit cost in clonal diploids with heterosis due to dominance, but it...
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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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Hierarchical foraging strategies of migratory short-tailed shearwaters during the non-breeding stage
Foraging specialisations are common in animal populations, because they increase the rate at which individuals acquire food from a known and reliable...
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Strategies to assess genetic diversity for crop breeding
Manipulation of genetic diversity is significant for develo** new varieties in crop breeding programs. The success of elite varieties in the last...
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Drought and heat stress: insights into tolerance mechanisms and breeding strategies for pigeonpea improvement
Main conclusionPigeonpea has potential to foster sustainable agriculture and resilience in evolving climate change; understanding bio-physiological...
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Breeding Finger Millet for Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Strategies and Challenges
The term “millet” refers to a varied group of small-seeded annual C4 panicoid grasses, the biomass of which is used as feed and the seeds as food. A...
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Revealing Ghana’s unique fonio genetic diversity: leveraging farmers knowledge for sustainable conservation and breeding strategies
Genetic diversity analysis is pivotal for optimizing the use of genetic resources and deploying conservation strategies in the face of global...
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Pearl Millet Breeding for Enhancing Yield and Stability: Strategies, Achievements, and Perspectives
Pearl millet is cultivated under the most adverse agro-climatic conditions challenged by low and erratic rainfall, high mean temperature, high...
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Unveiling the geographical distribution and publication strategies of non-conventional literature data on bird breeding biology in Brazil
Non-conventional literature refers to documents that are hardly acquired through the usual publishing channels, thus with limited circulation, and...
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Potential Breeding Strategies for Improving Salt Tolerance in Crop Plants
Salinity is one of the significant abiotic stresses that negatively affect plant production processes, growth, and development, which ultimately...
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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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Strategies to Develop Heat and Drought–Tolerant Wheat Varieties Following Physiological Breeding
Worldwide, abiotic stresses including heat and drought are the major obstructions that threaten the agricultural production. Development of...
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Genetic gains in IRRI’s rice salinity breeding and elite panel development as a future breeding resource
Key messageEstimating genetic gains and formulating a future salinity elite breeding panel for rice pave the way for develo** better high-yielding...
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Characterization of grain carotenoids in global sorghum germplasm to guide genomics-assisted breeding strategies
BackgroundCrop biofortification is a successful strategy to ameliorate Vitamin A deficiency. Sorghum is a good candidate for vitamin A...
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Breeding for postharvest physiological deterioration in cassava: problems and strategies
Cassava is a major food crop for millions of people in Africa, Asia and South America, forming an essential food-security and income generation...
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Barley Genomic Research and Breeding Strategies
Barley is the fourth most important crop in the world in terms of area dedicated and, due to its diploid genome, has often been used as a model crop...
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Current and Future Strategies in Breeding Lentil for Abiotic Stresses
There has been a lot of research on biotic stresses in lentils because they are visible and lead to decline in production and quality losses. Abiotic...
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Breeding strategies to consolidate canola among the main crops for biofuels
Canola is a product of traditional plant breeding techniques to remove from rapeseed the antinutritional components erucic acid. This crop proves to...
