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Speed breeding orphan crops [PDF]
Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2018 This review explores how speed breeding protocols that hasten plant growth and development could be applied to shorten breeding cycles and accelerate research activities in orphan crops.
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Revitalizing orphan crops to combat food insecurity [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsPopulation growth, climate change, and limited dietary diversity pose growing threats to food security. This predicament is exacerbated by a small number of staple crops with limited genetic diversity, which constrains their adaptability to diseases ...
Xiaozhen Huang, Deding Su, Cao Xu
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Meiosis Research in Orphan and Non-orphan Tropical Crops [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 Plant breeding is directly linked to the development of crops that can effectively adapt to challenging conditions such as soil nutrient depletion, water pollution, drought, and anthropogenic climate change.
Orlando Argüello-Miranda +1 more
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The role of pangenomics in orphan crop improvement [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsGlobal food security depends heavily on a few staple crops, while orphan crops, despite being less studied, offer the potential benefits of environmental adaptation and enhanced nutritional traits, especially in a changing climate.
Haifei Hu +4 more
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Challenges of Food Security for Orphan Crops [PDF]
, 2019 Synopsis Orphan crops, which are also known by different names, include diverse types of cereals, legumes, root and tubers as well as fruits. They play key role in food security and livelihood of smallholder farmers and consumers in the developing world.
Zerihun Tadele
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Application of machine learning and genomics for orphan crop improvement [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOrphan crops are important sources of nutrition in developing regions and many are tolerant to biotic and abiotic stressors; however, modern crop improvement technologies have not been widely applied to orphan crops due to the lack of resources available.
Tessa R. MacNish +4 more
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, 2020 Orphan crops are crops with little significance at the global scale but play vital role in the food and nutrition security in the developing world. The term ‘orphan’ refers to the neglect of the crop by the international research community.
Tadele, Zerihun, Zerihun Tadele
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Promoting orphan crops research and development [PDF]
Planta, 2019 Orphan crops are crops with little significance at the global scale but they play a vital role in the food and nutrition security as well as the livelihood of resource-poor farmers and consumers in the developing world.
Bartels, Dorothea, Tadele, Zerihun
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Orphan crops: A genetic treasure trove for hunting stress tolerance genes
Food and Energy Security, 2023 Orphan crops, also known as minor crops, smart foods, and superfoods, have attracted great attention recently because of their unique ability to grow in resource‐poor marginal lands, and under harsh environmental conditions without any intensive ...
Brijesh Kumar +2 more
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Efficient genetic improvement of orphan crops cannot follow the old path [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOrphan crops hold the potential to diversify our food systems. Considering their unique characteristics, our deep understanding of major crops, and the availability of modern genomic tools, taking a different research path from what major crops have gone
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