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- Title
Evolutionary Plant Breeding in Cereals—Into a New Era.
- Authors
Döring, Thomas F.; Knapp, Samuel; Kovacs, Geza; Murphy, Kevin; Wolfe, Martin S.
- Abstract
n evolutionary plant breeding, crop populations with a high level of genetic diversity are subjected to the forces of natural selection. In a cycle of sowing and re-sowing seed from the plant population year after year, those plants favored under prevailing growing conditions are expected to contribute more seed to the next generation than plants with lower fitness. Thus, evolving crop populations have the capability of adapting to the conditions under which they are grown. Here we review the current state of research in evolutionary plant breeding and concentrate on the ability of evolving plant populations to deal with stressful, variable, and unpredictable environments. This resilience of plant populations is seen as a major advantage under the predicted threats faced by gas global climate change. We have conducted an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of this breeding approach and suggest how its concept can be broadened and expanded. Given the current legal restrictions for realizing the potential of evolutionary plant breeding, we call for a change in legislation to allow evolving crop populations to enter agricultural practice on a larger
- Subjects
PLANT breeding; SOWING; PLANT populations; BIOLOGICAL adaptation; ECOLOGICAL resilience; CLIMATE change; SWOT analysis
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2011, Vol 3, Issue 10, p1944
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su3101944