The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries
The role of plant breeding in adapting crops to climate changes that affect food production in developing countries is recognized as extremely important and urgent, alongside other agronomic, socio-economic and policy adaptation pathways. To enhance plant breeders’ capacity to respond to climate cha...
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| author | Galluzzi, Gea Seyoum, Aseffa Halewood, Michael Noriega, Isabel López Welch, Eric W. |
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| description | The role of plant breeding in adapting crops to climate changes that affect food production in developing countries is recognized as extremely important and urgent, alongside other agronomic, socio-economic and policy adaptation pathways. To enhance plant breeders’ capacity to respond to climate challenges, it is acknowledged that they need to be able to access and use as much genetic diversity as they can get. Through an analysis of data from a global survey, we explore if and how public breeders in selected developing countries are responding to climate challenges through a renewed or innovative use of plant genetic resources, particularly in terms of types of material incorporated into their breeding work as well as sources of such germplasm. It also looks at the possible limitations breeders encounter in their efforts towards exploring diversity for adaptation. Breeders are clearly considering climate challenges. In general, their efforts are aimed at intensifying their breeding work on traits that they were already working on before climate change was so widely discussed. Similarly, the kinds of germplasm they use, and the sources from which they obtain it, do not appear to have changed significantly over the course of recent years. The main challenges breeders faced in accessing germplasm were linked to administrative/legal factors, particularly related to obtaining genetic resources across national borders. They also underscore technical challenges such as a lack of appropriate technologies to exploit germplasm sets such as crop wild relatives and landraces. Addressing these limitations will be crucial to fully enhance the role of public sector breeders in helping to adapt vulnerable agricultural systems to the challenges of climate change. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1091902025-11-12T05:45:40Z The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries Galluzzi, Gea Seyoum, Aseffa Halewood, Michael Noriega, Isabel López Welch, Eric W. plant breeding climate change food production plant genetics gene banks policies developing countries fitomejoramiento cambio climático producción alimentaria The role of plant breeding in adapting crops to climate changes that affect food production in developing countries is recognized as extremely important and urgent, alongside other agronomic, socio-economic and policy adaptation pathways. To enhance plant breeders’ capacity to respond to climate challenges, it is acknowledged that they need to be able to access and use as much genetic diversity as they can get. Through an analysis of data from a global survey, we explore if and how public breeders in selected developing countries are responding to climate challenges through a renewed or innovative use of plant genetic resources, particularly in terms of types of material incorporated into their breeding work as well as sources of such germplasm. It also looks at the possible limitations breeders encounter in their efforts towards exploring diversity for adaptation. Breeders are clearly considering climate challenges. In general, their efforts are aimed at intensifying their breeding work on traits that they were already working on before climate change was so widely discussed. Similarly, the kinds of germplasm they use, and the sources from which they obtain it, do not appear to have changed significantly over the course of recent years. The main challenges breeders faced in accessing germplasm were linked to administrative/legal factors, particularly related to obtaining genetic resources across national borders. They also underscore technical challenges such as a lack of appropriate technologies to exploit germplasm sets such as crop wild relatives and landraces. Addressing these limitations will be crucial to fully enhance the role of public sector breeders in helping to adapt vulnerable agricultural systems to the challenges of climate change. 2020-09 2020-09-03T10:19:10Z 2020-09-03T10:19:10Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109190 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Galluzzi, G.; Seyoum, A.; Halewood, M.; López Noriega, I.; Welch, E.W. (2020) The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries. Plants 9(9): 1129 ISSN: 2223-7747 |
| spellingShingle | plant breeding climate change food production plant genetics gene banks policies developing countries fitomejoramiento cambio climático producción alimentaria Galluzzi, Gea Seyoum, Aseffa Halewood, Michael Noriega, Isabel López Welch, Eric W. The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries |
| title | The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries |
| title_full | The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries |
| title_fullStr | The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries |
| title_short | The role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change: the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries |
| title_sort | role of genetic resources in breeding for climate change the case of public breeding programmes in eighteen developing countries |
| topic | plant breeding climate change food production plant genetics gene banks policies developing countries fitomejoramiento cambio climático producción alimentaria |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109190 |
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