Abstract
Climate change, coupled with the effects of population growth, excessive consumption, and environmental degradation, represents a challenge to future food security around the globe. To meet this challenge will require integrated approaches across the food system and in many other areas. Plant breeding is a central component of this response and has the potential to drive progress towards sustainable intensification. To do so effectively will require the judicious deployment of genomic tools, including DNA sequencing, allied with the focused utilization of germplasm diversity and precision high-throughput phenotyping.
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Abberton, M.T. (2013). Introduction. In: Kole, C. (eds) Genomics and Breeding for Climate-Resilient Crops. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37045-8_1
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