Genomics-assisted breeding – A revolutionary strategy for crop improvement

Food shortages arise more frequently owing to unpredictable crop yield losses caused by biotic and abiotic stresses. With advances in molecular biology and marker technology, a new era of molecular breeding has emerged that has greatly accelerated the pace of plant breeding. High-throughput genotypi...

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Main Authors: Peng-fei LENG, Thomas Lübberstedt, Ming-liang XU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311917618136