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- Title
Turning Garlic into a Modern Crop: State of the Art and Perspectives.
- Authors
Parreño, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Alcocer, Eva; Martínez-Guardiola, César; Carrasco, Lucía; Castillo, Purificación; Arbona, Vicent; Jover-Gil, Sara; Candela, Héctor
- Abstract
Garlic is cultivated worldwide for the value of its bulbs, but its cultivation is challenged by the infertility of commercial cultivars and the accumulation of pathogens over time, which occurs as a consequence of vegetative (clonal) propagation. In this review, we summarize the state of the art of garlic genetics and genomics, highlighting recent developments that will lead to its development as a modern crop, including the restoration of sexual reproduction in some garlic strains. The set of tools available to the breeder currently includes a chromosome-scale assembly of the garlic genome and multiple transcriptome assemblies that are furthering our understanding of the molecular processes underlying important traits like the infertility, the induction of flowering and bulbing, the organoleptic properties and resistance to various pathogens.
- Subjects
GARLIC; CROPS; CROP development; GENOMICS; INFERTILITY; GENETICS
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 6, p1212
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants12061212