Description

The art and science of crop breeding involves enhancing vital agricultural plants for the benefit of humanity. Crop breeders aim to improve the productivity and nutritional value of our food, fibre, pasture, and industrial crops. A growing global population with rising dietary expectations is fed by crops. Crop breeders' work helps to protect the environment as well. Decades of meticulous breeding and selection have had a significant impact on crop plants' traits. Plant breeders obtain up to three generations of plants year using greenhouses and other methods, allowing them to make advancements even more swiftly. Breeders can now produce desired genetic alterations with a great deal more precision because to recent biotechnological breakthroughs. Breeders can "edit" genes by removing, including, or adding them. Plant breeders are now able to pick plants with desirable features quickly using methods like marker-assisted selection. This book examines cutting-edge techniques for developing fresh strains of important crops that are resilient to environmental stressors that restrict food production globally.