Michael Abberton
Global agricultural intensification during climate change: A role for genomics
Abberton, Michael; Batley, Jacqueline; Bentley, Alison; Bryant, John; Cai, Hongwei; Cockram, James; Costa de Oliveira, Antonio; Cseke, Leland J.; Dempewolf, Hannes; De Pace, Ciro; Edwards, David; Gepts, Paul; Greenland, Andy; Hall, Anthony E.; Henry, Robert; Hori, Kiyosumi; Howe, Glenn Thomas; Hughes, Stephen; Humphreys, Mike; Lightfoot, David; Marshall, Athole; Mayes, Sean; Nguyen, Henry T.; Ogbonnaya, Francis C.; Ortiz, Rodomiro; Paterson, Andrew H.; Tuberosa, Roberto; Valliyodan, Babu; Varshney, Rajeev K.; Yano, Masahiro
Authors
Jacqueline Batley
Alison Bentley
John Bryant
Hongwei Cai
James Cockram
Antonio Costa de Oliveira
Leland J. Cseke
Hannes Dempewolf
Ciro De Pace
David Edwards
Paul Gepts
Andy Greenland
Anthony E. Hall
Robert Henry
Kiyosumi Hori
Glenn Thomas Howe
Stephen Hughes
Mike Humphreys
David Lightfoot
Athole Marshall
Dr SEAN MAYES SEAN.MAYES@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Henry T. Nguyen
Francis C. Ogbonnaya
Rodomiro Ortiz
Andrew H. Paterson
Roberto Tuberosa
Babu Valliyodan
Rajeev K. Varshney
Masahiro Yano
Abstract
Agriculture is now facing the ‘perfect storm’ of climate change, increasing costs of fertilizer and rising food demands from a larger and wealthier human population. These factors point to a global food deficit unless the efficiency and resilience of crop production is increased. The intensification of agriculture has focused on improving production under optimized conditions, with significant agronomic inputs. Furthermore, the intensive cultivation of a limited number of crops has drastically narrowed the number of plant species humans rely on. A new agricultural paradigm is required, reducing dependence on high inputs and increasing crop diversity, yield stability and environmental resilience. Genomics offers unprecedented opportunities to increase crop yield, quality and stability of production through advanced breeding strategies, enhancing the resilience of major crops to climate variability, and increasing the productivity and range of minor crops to diversify the food supply. Here we review the state of the art of genomic-assisted breeding for the most important staples that feed the world, and how to use and adapt such genomic tools to accelerate development of both major and minor crops with desired traits that enhance adaptation to, or mitigate the effects of climate change.
Citation
Abberton, M., Batley, J., Bentley, A., Bryant, J., Cai, H., Cockram, J., Costa de Oliveira, A., Cseke, L. J., Dempewolf, H., De Pace, C., Edwards, D., Gepts, P., Greenland, A., Hall, A. E., Henry, R., Hori, K., Howe, G. T., Hughes, S., Humphreys, M., Lightfoot, D., …Yano, M. (2016). Global agricultural intensification during climate change: A role for genomics. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 14(4), 1095-1098. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12467
Journal Article Type | Review |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 6, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 22, 2015 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Oct 1, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 9, 2024 |
Journal | Plant Biotechnology Journal |
Print ISSN | 1467-7644 |
Electronic ISSN | 1467-7652 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 1095-1098 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12467 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3216656 |
Publisher URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbi.12467 |
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