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Genomic Resources In Plant Breeding For Sustainable Agriculture, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney, James C. Schnable
Genomic Resources In Plant Breeding For Sustainable Agriculture, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K. Varshney, James C. Schnable
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
Climate change during the last 40 years has had a serious impact on agriculture and threatens global food and nutritional security. From over half a million plant species, cereals and legumes are the most important for food and nutritional security. Although systematic plant breeding has a relatively short history, con- ventional breeding coupled with advances in technology and crop management strategies has increased crop yields by 56 % globally between 1965− 85, referred to as the Green Revolution. Nevertheless, increased demand for food, feed, fiber, and fuel necessitates the need to break existing yield barriers in many crop plants. In …