Designing future crops: genomics-assisted breeding comes of age

RK Varshney, A Bohra, J Yu, A Graner, Q Zhang… - Trends in Plant …, 2021 - cell.com
Over the past decade, genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) has been instrumental in
harnessing the potential of modern genome resources and characterizing and exploiting …

Smart breeding driven by big data, artificial intelligence, and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction

Y Xu, X Zhang, H Li, H Zheng, J Zhang, MS Olsen… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
The first paradigm of plant breeding involves direct selection-based phenotypic observation,
followed by predictive breeding using statistical models for quantitative traits constructed …

Major impacts of widespread structural variation on gene expression and crop improvement in tomato

M Alonge, X Wang, M Benoit, S Soyk, L Pereira… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Structural variants (SVs) underlie important crop improvement and domestication traits.
However, resolving the extent, diversity, and quantitative impact of SVs has been …

Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress

PE Verslues, J Bailey-Serres, C Brodersen… - The Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present unresolved questions in plant abiotic stress biology as posed by 15 research
groups with expertise spanning eco-physiology to cell and molecular biology. Common …

Designing future crops: challenges and strategies for sustainable agriculture

Z Tian, JW Wang, J Li, B Han - The Plant Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Crop production is facing unprecedented challenges. Despite the fact that the food supply
has significantly increased over the past half‐century,~ 8.9 and 14.3% people are still …

Machine learning bridges omics sciences and plant breeding

J Yan, X Wang - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
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 …

De novo domestication: an alternative route toward new crops for the future

AR Fernie, J Yan - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

Heterosis and hybrid crop breeding: a multidisciplinary review

MR Labroo, AJ Studer, JE Rutkoski - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although hybrid crop varieties are among the most popular agricultural innovations, the
rationale for hybrid crop breeding is sometimes misunderstood. Hybrid breeding is slower …

A quantitative genomics map of rice provides genetic insights and guides breeding

X Wei, J Qiu, K Yong, J Fan, Q Zhang, H Hua, J Liu… - Nature Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Extensive allelic variation in agronomically important genes serves as the basis of rice
breeding. Here, we present a comprehensive map of rice quantitative trait nucleotides …

Artificial intelligence in plant breeding

MA Farooq, S Gao, MA Hassan, Z Huang, A Rasheed… - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Harnessing cutting-edge technologies to enhance crop productivity is a pivotal goal in
modern plant breeding. Artificial intelligence (AI) is renowned for its prowess in big data …