Climate change gives rise to numerous environmental stresses, including soil salinity.
Salinity/salt stress is the second biggest abiotic factor affecting agricultural productivity …

Over the past decade, genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) has been instrumental in
harnessing the potential of modern genome resources and characterizing and exploiting …

Some of the biological knowledge obtained from fundamental research will be implemented
in applied plant breeding. To bridge basic research and breeding practice, machine learning …

Rapidly rising population and climate changes are two critical issues that require immediate
action to achieve sustainable development goals. The rising population is posing increased …

Rice is a premier staple food that constitutes the bulk of the daily diet of the majority of
people in Asia. Agricultural productivity must be boosted to support this huge demand for …

Rice (Oryza sativa) provides a staple food source for more than half the world population.
However, the current pace of rice breeding in yield growth is insufficient to meet the food …

An increase in the rate of crop improvement is essential for achieving sustained food
production and other needs of ever-increasing population. Genomic selection (GS) is a …

Polymorphisms within gene coding regions represent the most important part of the overall
genetic diversity of rice. We characterized the gene–coding sequence–haplotype (gcHap) …

Drought has become a major threat to food security, because it affects crop growth and
development. Drought tolerance is an important quantitative trait, which is regulated by …

Main conclusion Present review describes the molecular tools and strategies deployed in
the trait discovery and improvement of major crops. The prospects and challenges …