Progress and Prospects of Developing Climate Resilient Wheat in South Asia Using Modern Pre-Breeding Methods.

ABSTRACT: Developing climate-resilient wheat is a priority for South Asia since the effect of climate change will be pronounced on the major crops that are staple to the region. South Asia must produce >400 million metric tons (MMT) of wheat by 2050 to meet the demand. However, the current average yield <3 t/ha is not sufficient to meet the requirement. In this review, we are addressing how pre-breeding methods in wheat can address the gap in grain yield as well as reduce the bottleneck of genetic diversity. Physiological pre-breeding which incorporates screening of diverse germplasm from gene banks for physiological and agronomic traits, the strategic crossing of complementary traits, high throughput phenotyping, molecular markers-based generation advancement, genomic prediction, and validation of

SUBMITTER: Sukumaran S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8886626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature