Crop improvement strategies and principles of selective breeding

Title

Crop improvement strategies and principles of selective breeding

Creator

Singha S.; Singha R.

Description

Introducing new crop varieties, crop improvement, and selective breeding enable contemporary agriculture to alleviate food poverty, increase crop production, and enhance product quality. This chapter covers selective breeding, genetically modified crops, genetic resource conservation, and upcoming technologies. Selective breeding discusses heritability, gene frequency, dominance, and epistasis to predict genetic progress. Agricultural innovation involves genetic variety and variation to develop robust and high-performing crop types. Mass selection, pedigree selection, and recurrent selection for trait enhancement are investigated. Marker-assisted and genomic selection are tested for breeding speed and accuracy. The chapter covers genetically modified crops, agricultural improvement, and genetic resource conservation for sustainable agriculture. Gene editing, synthetic biology, and machine learning may boost agricultural yields. According to the abstract, crop development and selective breeding are essential for food security, sustainability, climate change, and agricultural demands. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved.

Source

Water-Soil-Plant-Animal Nexus in the Era of Climate Change, pp. 93-113.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Singha S., Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), India; Singha R., Christ University, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-166849840-8; 978-166849838-5

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9838-5.ch005

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