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Plant Breeding and Management Strategies to Minimize the Impact of Water Scarcity and Biotic Stress in Cereal Crops under Mediterranean Conditions

Authors :
Néstor Pérez-Méndez
Cristina Miguel-Rojas
Jose Antonio Jimenez-Berni
David Gomez-Candon
Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque
Elias Fereres
Mar Catala-Forner
Dolors Villegas
Josefina C. Sillero
Source :
Agronomy, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 75 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

Wheat and rice are two main staple food crops that may suffer from yield losses due to drought episodes that are increasingly impacted by climate change, in addition to new epidemic outbreaks. Sustainable intensification of production will rely on several strategies, such as efficient use of water and variety improvement. This review updates the latest findings regarding complementary approaches in agronomy, genetics, and phenomics to cope with climate change challenges. The agronomic approach focuses on a case study examining alternative rice water management practices, with their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity for ecosystem services. The genetic approach reviews in depth the latest technologies to achieve fungal disease resistance, as well as the use of landraces to increase the genetic diversity of new varieties. The phenomics approach explores recent advances in high-throughput remote sensing technologies useful in detecting both biotic and abiotic stress effects on breeding programs. The complementary nature of all these technologies indicates that only interdisciplinary work will ensure significant steps towards a more sustainable agriculture under future climate change scenarios.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20734395
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Agronomy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2abffedcc9f340c9ae3c8da012c019b3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010075