Climate change challenges plant breeding

Wei Xiong, Matthew Reynolds, Yunbi Xu

Current Opinion in Plant Biology; Volume 70, December 2022, 102308

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102308

Abstract

Increasing world populations as well as pandemics and regional conflicts require more and consistent crop production. Plant breeding is important to cope with climate change impacts, complementing crop management and policy interventions to ensure global food production. However, changes in environmental factors also affect the objectives, efficiency, and genetic gains of the current plant breeding system. In this review, we summarize the challenges prompted by climate change to breeding climate-resilient crops and the limitations of the next-generation breeding approach in addressing climate change. It is anticipated that the integration of multi-disciplines and technologies into three schemes of genotyping, phenotyping, and envirotyping will result in the delivery of climate change-ready crops in less time.

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