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Breeding crops to feed 10 billion

Authors :
Caixia Gao
Scott A. Jackson
Hannah Robinson
Ben J. Hayes
Lee T. Hickey
Ian D. Godwin
Brande B. H. Wulff
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli
Amber N. Hafeez
Mark Tester
Source :
Nature biotechnology. 37(7)
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Crop improvements can help us to meet the challenge of feeding a population of 10 billion, but can we breed better varieties fast enough? Technologies such as genotyping, marker-assisted selection, high-throughput phenotyping, genome editing, genomic selection and de novo domestication could be galvanized by using speed breeding to enable plant breeders to keep pace with a changing environment and ever-increasing human population.

Details

ISSN :
15461696
Volume :
37
Issue :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature biotechnology
Accession number :
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