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Conventional Breeding, Molecular Breeding and Speed Breeding; Brave Approaches to Revamp the Production of Cereal Crops

Muhammad Haroon
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Muhammad Mubashar Zafar
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Muhammad Awais Farooq
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Rabail Afzal
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Maria Batool
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Fahad Idrees
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Usman Babar
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Abdu Saboor Khan
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Huijuan Mo
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Lin Li
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Maozhi Ren
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Version 1 : Received: 24 November 2020 / Approved: 26 November 2020 / Online: 26 November 2020 (11:17:56 CET)

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Haroon, M.; Wang, X.; Afzal, R.; Zafar, M.M.; Idrees, F.; Batool, M.; Khan, A.S.; Imran, M. Novel Plant Breeding Techniques Shake Hands with Cereals to Increase Production. Plants 2022, 11, 1052. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11081052 Haroon, M.; Wang, X.; Afzal, R.; Zafar, M.M.; Idrees, F.; Batool, M.; Khan, A.S.; Imran, M. Novel Plant Breeding Techniques Shake Hands with Cereals to Increase Production. Plants 2022, 11, 1052. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11081052

Abstract

Conventional plant breeding methods exploit already existing genomic variation in plants to develop a variety in 8 to 10 years, which can decrease the genetic variability of the plant’s genome. The ever-increasing food demand for cereals crops cannot be met by traditional breeding methods. In order to increase food production in less time, there is a dire need to improve breeding methods. Several conventional and molecular breeding methods are being used to improve the crops traits. Molecular researchers have developed new genome editing tools like CRISPR/Cas9, CRISPR/Cpf1, prime editing, base editing, dcas9 epigenetic modification, and several other transgene-free genomes editing approaches. These genome editing tools can improve the desired traits precisely and efficiently. Moreover, a newly developed breeding method “Speed Breeding” has revolutionized the agriculture by shortening the crop cycle. It can produce 5-6 generations of cereals in a year. In this review, we have summarized all these conventional and molecular breeding approaches to improve cereal crops.

Keywords

Plant breeding; Genome editing; Molecular breeding; Prime editing; Base editing; CRISPR Cas; Epigenetics; Speed breeding

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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