What is it about?
Breeding of perennial crops is often time- and resource-consuming. Genomics offers a platform from which one may learn more about the relationships between genes and phenotypes. This reports, explain how to use genomics in the context of breeding programs through strategies such as genomic selection.
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Why is it important?
Climate change is a source of concern since it modifies in an unpredictable way the behavior of agriculture and climate, which may bring huge economical losses to humanity in a close future. Development of dedicated perennial crops has been indicated as a strategic action to meet the growing demand for biofuels, which is its self one of the actions that can be taken to mitigate climate changes together with physical means, such as electricity generated from light, wind, etc...
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Genomic selection promises to foster the development of perennial crops dedicated to biodiesel production, such as, physic nuts (Jatropha curcas) and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), by increasing the efficiency of breeding programs and by shortening the length of the breeding cycles.
Nicolas Carels
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
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This page is a summary of: Perennial plants for biofuel production: Bridging genomics and field research, Biotechnology Journal, November 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400201.
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