Breeding crops to feed 10 billion

LT Hickey, A N. Hafeez, H Robinson, SA Jackson… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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 genoty**, marker …

Translating high-throughput phenoty** into genetic gain

JL Araus, SC Kefauver, M Zaman-Allah, MS Olsen… - Trends in plant …, 2018 - cell.com
Inability to efficiently implement high-throughput field phenoty** is increasingly perceived
as a key component that limits genetic gain in breeding programs. Field phenoty** must …

ARGOS 8 variants generated by CRISPR‐Cas9 improve maize grain yield under field drought stress conditions

J Shi, H Gao, H Wang, HR Lafitte… - Plant biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Maize ARGOS 8 is a negative regulator of ethylene responses. A previous study has shown
that transgenic plants constitutively overexpressing ARGOS 8 have reduced ethylene …

Fast-forward breeding for a food-secure world

RK Varshney, A Bohra, M Roorkiwal, R Barmukh… - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Crop production systems need to expand their outputs sustainably to feed a burgeoning
human population. Advances in genome sequencing technologies combined with efficient …

Accelerating crop genetic gains with genomic selection

KP Voss-Fels, M Cooper, BJ Hayes - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019 - Springer
Key message Genomic prediction based on additive genetic effects can accelerate genetic
gain. There are opportunities for further improvement by including non-additive effects that …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid breeding and varietal replacement are critical to adaptation of crop** systems in the develo** world to climate change

GN Atlin, JE Cairns, B Das - Global food security, 2017 - Elsevier
Plant breeding is a key mechanism for adaptation of crop** systems to climate change.
Much discussion of breeding for climate change focuses on genes with large effects on heat …

Transpiration increases under high‐temperature stress: Potential mechanisms, trade‐offs and prospects for crop resilience in a warming world

W Sadok, JR Lopez, KP Smith - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The frequency and intensity of high‐temperature stress events are expected to increase as
climate change intensifies. Concomitantly, an increase in evaporative demand, driven in part …

Breeding crops for drought-affected environments and improved climate resilience

M Cooper, CD Messina - The Plant Cell, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Breeding climate-resilient crops with improved levels of abiotic and biotic stress resistance
as a response to climate change presents both opportunities and challenges. Applying the …

Breeding custom‐designed crops for improved drought adaptation

RK Varshney, R Barmukh, M Roorkiwal, Y Qi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The current pace of crop improvement is inadequate to feed the burgeoning human
population by 2050. Higher, more stable, and sustainable crop production is required …

Changes in the drought sensitivity of US maize yields

DB Lobell, JM Deines, SD Tommaso - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
As climate change leads to increased frequency and severity of drought in many agricultural
regions, a prominent adaptation goal is to reduce the drought sensitivity of crop yields. Yet …