Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop Biofortification
Crop breeding has mainly been focused on increasing productivity, either directly or by decreasing the losses caused by biotic and abiotic stresses (that is, incorporating resistance to diseases and enhancing tolerance to adverse conditions, respectively). Quite the opposite, little attention has be...
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| description | Crop breeding has mainly been focused on increasing productivity, either directly or by decreasing the losses caused by biotic and abiotic stresses (that is, incorporating resistance to diseases and enhancing tolerance to adverse conditions, respectively). Quite the opposite, little attention has been paid to improve the nutritional value of crops. It has not been until recently that crop biofortification has become an objective within breeding programs, through either conventional methods or genetic engineering. There are many steps along this long path, from the initial evaluation of germplasm for the content of nutrients and health-promoting compounds to the development of biofortified varieties, with the available and future genomic tools assisting scientists and breeders in reaching their objectives as well as speeding up the process. This review offers a compendium of the genomic technologies used to explore and create biodiversity, to associate the traits of interest to the genome, and to transfer the genomic regions responsible for the desirable characteristics into potential new varieties. Finally, a glimpse of future perspectives and challenges in this emerging area is offered by taking the present scenario and the slow progress of the regulatory framework as the starting point. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1576f6f47f0457696c800771c8c3b872023-11-24T01:32:03ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences1661-65961422-00672022-03-01236308610.3390/ijms23063086Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop BiofortificationInés Medina-Lozano0Aurora Díaz1Departamento de Ciencia Vegetal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainDepartamento de Ciencia Vegetal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, SpainCrop breeding has mainly been focused on increasing productivity, either directly or by decreasing the losses caused by biotic and abiotic stresses (that is, incorporating resistance to diseases and enhancing tolerance to adverse conditions, respectively). Quite the opposite, little attention has been paid to improve the nutritional value of crops. It has not been until recently that crop biofortification has become an objective within breeding programs, through either conventional methods or genetic engineering. There are many steps along this long path, from the initial evaluation of germplasm for the content of nutrients and health-promoting compounds to the development of biofortified varieties, with the available and future genomic tools assisting scientists and breeders in reaching their objectives as well as speeding up the process. This review offers a compendium of the genomic technologies used to explore and create biodiversity, to associate the traits of interest to the genome, and to transfer the genomic regions responsible for the desirable characteristics into potential new varieties. Finally, a glimpse of future perspectives and challenges in this emerging area is offered by taking the present scenario and the slow progress of the regulatory framework as the starting point.https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/6/3086biofortificationbreedingcropcisgenesisintragenesismetabolic GWAS (mGWAS) |
| spellingShingle | Inés Medina-Lozano Aurora Díaz Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop Biofortification International Journal of Molecular Sciences biofortification breeding crop cisgenesis intragenesis metabolic GWAS (mGWAS) |
| title | Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop Biofortification |
| title_full | Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop Biofortification |
| title_fullStr | Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop Biofortification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop Biofortification |
| title_short | Applications of Genomic Tools in Plant Breeding: Crop Biofortification |
| title_sort | applications of genomic tools in plant breeding crop biofortification |
| topic | biofortification breeding crop cisgenesis intragenesis metabolic GWAS (mGWAS) |
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