Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars

Wheat is one of the major staple cereal food crops in India. However, most of the wheat-growing areas experience several biotic and abiotic stresses, resulting in poor quality grains and reduced yield. To ensure food security for the growing population in India, there is a compelling need to explore...

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Main Authors: Kumar, Sundeep, Jacob, Sherry R., Mir, Reyazul, Kumaran, Vikas V., Kulwal, Pawan L., Chandra, Tilak, Kaur, Satinder, Kumar, Uttam, Suneel Kumar, Sharma, Shailendra, Singh, Ravinder, Sai Prasad, S.V., Mahendru-Singh, Anju, Singh, Amit Kumar, Kumari, Jyoti, Mahender Singh Saharan, Bhardwaj, Subhash Chander, Prasad, Manoj, Kalia, Sanjay, Singh, Kuldeep
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Published: Frontiers Media 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129171
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author Kumar, Sundeep
Jacob, Sherry R.
Mir, Reyazul
Kumaran, Vikas V.
Kulwal, Pawan L.
Chandra, Tilak
Kaur, Satinder
Kumar, Uttam
Suneel Kumar
Sharma, Shailendra
Singh, Ravinder
Sai Prasad, S.V.
Mahendru-Singh, Anju
Singh, Amit Kumar
Kumari, Jyoti
Mahender Singh Saharan
Bhardwaj, Subhash Chander
Prasad, Manoj
Kalia, Sanjay
Singh, Kuldeep
author_browse Bhardwaj, Subhash Chander
Chandra, Tilak
Jacob, Sherry R.
Kalia, Sanjay
Kaur, Satinder
Kulwal, Pawan L.
Kumar, Sundeep
Kumar, Uttam
Kumaran, Vikas V.
Kumari, Jyoti
Mahender Singh Saharan
Mahendru-Singh, Anju
Mir, Reyazul
Prasad, Manoj
Sai Prasad, S.V.
Sharma, Shailendra
Singh, Amit Kumar
Singh, Kuldeep
Singh, Ravinder
Suneel Kumar
author_facet Kumar, Sundeep
Jacob, Sherry R.
Mir, Reyazul
Kumaran, Vikas V.
Kulwal, Pawan L.
Chandra, Tilak
Kaur, Satinder
Kumar, Uttam
Suneel Kumar
Sharma, Shailendra
Singh, Ravinder
Sai Prasad, S.V.
Mahendru-Singh, Anju
Singh, Amit Kumar
Kumari, Jyoti
Mahender Singh Saharan
Bhardwaj, Subhash Chander
Prasad, Manoj
Kalia, Sanjay
Singh, Kuldeep
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description Wheat is one of the major staple cereal food crops in India. However, most of the wheat-growing areas experience several biotic and abiotic stresses, resulting in poor quality grains and reduced yield. To ensure food security for the growing population in India, there is a compelling need to explore the untapped genetic diversity available in gene banks for the development of stress-resistant/tolerant cultivars. The improvement of any crop lies in exploring and harnessing the genetic diversity available in its genetic resources in the form of cultivated varieties, landraces, wild relatives, and related genera. A huge collection of wheat genetic resources is conserved in various gene banks across the globe. Molecular and phenotypic characterization followed by documentation of conserved genetic resources is a prerequisite for germplasm utilization in crop improvement. The National Genebank of India has an extensive and diverse collection of wheat germplasm, comprising Indian wheat landraces, primitive cultivars, breeding lines, and collection from other countries. The conserved germplasm can contribute immensely to the development of wheat cultivars with high levels of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Breeding wheat varieties that can give high yields under different stress environments has not made much headway due to high genotypes and environmental interaction, non-availability of truly resistant/tolerant germplasm, and non-availability of reliable markers linked with the QTL having a significant impact on resistance/tolerance. The development of new breeding technologies like genomic selection (GS), which takes into account the G × E interaction, will facilitate crop improvement through enhanced climate resilience, by combining biotic and abiotic stress resistance/tolerance and maximizing yield potential. In this review article, we have summarized different constraints being faced by Indian wheat-breeding programs, challenges in addressing biotic and abiotic stresses, and improving quality and nutrition. Efforts have been made to highlight the wealth of Indian wheat genetic resources available in our National Genebank and their evaluation for the identification of trait-specific germplasm. Promising genotypes to develop varieties of important targeted traits and the development of different genomics resources have also been highlighted.
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spelling CGSpace1291712025-12-08T10:29:22Z Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars Kumar, Sundeep Jacob, Sherry R. Mir, Reyazul Kumaran, Vikas V. Kulwal, Pawan L. Chandra, Tilak Kaur, Satinder Kumar, Uttam Suneel Kumar Sharma, Shailendra Singh, Ravinder Sai Prasad, S.V. Mahendru-Singh, Anju Singh, Amit Kumar Kumari, Jyoti Mahender Singh Saharan Bhardwaj, Subhash Chander Prasad, Manoj Kalia, Sanjay Singh, Kuldeep wheat genetic resources marker-assisted selection gene banks stress genetics Wheat is one of the major staple cereal food crops in India. However, most of the wheat-growing areas experience several biotic and abiotic stresses, resulting in poor quality grains and reduced yield. To ensure food security for the growing population in India, there is a compelling need to explore the untapped genetic diversity available in gene banks for the development of stress-resistant/tolerant cultivars. The improvement of any crop lies in exploring and harnessing the genetic diversity available in its genetic resources in the form of cultivated varieties, landraces, wild relatives, and related genera. A huge collection of wheat genetic resources is conserved in various gene banks across the globe. Molecular and phenotypic characterization followed by documentation of conserved genetic resources is a prerequisite for germplasm utilization in crop improvement. The National Genebank of India has an extensive and diverse collection of wheat germplasm, comprising Indian wheat landraces, primitive cultivars, breeding lines, and collection from other countries. The conserved germplasm can contribute immensely to the development of wheat cultivars with high levels of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Breeding wheat varieties that can give high yields under different stress environments has not made much headway due to high genotypes and environmental interaction, non-availability of truly resistant/tolerant germplasm, and non-availability of reliable markers linked with the QTL having a significant impact on resistance/tolerance. The development of new breeding technologies like genomic selection (GS), which takes into account the G × E interaction, will facilitate crop improvement through enhanced climate resilience, by combining biotic and abiotic stress resistance/tolerance and maximizing yield potential. In this review article, we have summarized different constraints being faced by Indian wheat-breeding programs, challenges in addressing biotic and abiotic stresses, and improving quality and nutrition. Efforts have been made to highlight the wealth of Indian wheat genetic resources available in our National Genebank and their evaluation for the identification of trait-specific germplasm. Promising genotypes to develop varieties of important targeted traits and the development of different genomics resources have also been highlighted. 2022 2023-03-03T16:10:07Z 2023-03-03T16:10:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129171 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Kumar, S., Jacob, S. R., Mir, R. R., Vikas, V. K., Kulwal, P., Chandra, T., Kaur, S., Kumar, U., Kumar, S., Sharma, S., Singh, R., Prasad, S., Singh, A. M., Singh, A. K., Kumari, J., Saharan, M. S., Bhardwaj, S. C., Prasad, M., Kalia, S., & Singh, K. (2022). Indian Wheat Genomics Initiative for Harnessing the Potential of Wheat Germplasm Resources for Breeding Disease-Resistant, Nutrient-Dense, and Climate-Resilient Cultivars. Frontiers in Genetics, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.834366
spellingShingle wheat
genetic resources
marker-assisted selection
gene banks
stress
genetics
Kumar, Sundeep
Jacob, Sherry R.
Mir, Reyazul
Kumaran, Vikas V.
Kulwal, Pawan L.
Chandra, Tilak
Kaur, Satinder
Kumar, Uttam
Suneel Kumar
Sharma, Shailendra
Singh, Ravinder
Sai Prasad, S.V.
Mahendru-Singh, Anju
Singh, Amit Kumar
Kumari, Jyoti
Mahender Singh Saharan
Bhardwaj, Subhash Chander
Prasad, Manoj
Kalia, Sanjay
Singh, Kuldeep
Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars
title Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars
title_full Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars
title_fullStr Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars
title_full_unstemmed Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars
title_short Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease-resistant, nutrient-dense, and climate-resilient cultivars
title_sort indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease resistant nutrient dense and climate resilient cultivars
topic wheat
genetic resources
marker-assisted selection
gene banks
stress
genetics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129171
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