Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa

The “Green Super Rice” (GSR) project aims to fundamentally transform crop production techniques and promote the development of green agriculture based on functional genomics and breeding of GSR varieties by whole-genome breeding platforms.Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the leading food crops of th...

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Main Authors: Yu, Sibin, Ali, Jauhar, Zhang, Chaopu, Li, Zhikang, Zhang, Qifa
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164566
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author Yu, Sibin
Ali, Jauhar
Zhang, Chaopu
Li, Zhikang
Zhang, Qifa
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Li, Zhikang
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Zhang, Chaopu
Zhang, Qifa
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description The “Green Super Rice” (GSR) project aims to fundamentally transform crop production techniques and promote the development of green agriculture based on functional genomics and breeding of GSR varieties by whole-genome breeding platforms.Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the leading food crops of the world, and the safe production of rice plays a central role in ensuring food security. However, the conflicts between rice production and environmental resources are becoming increasingly acute. For this reason, scientists in China have proposed the concept of Green Super Rice for promoting resource-saving and environment-friendly rice production, while still achieving a yield increase and quality improvement. GSR is becoming one of the major goals for agricultural research and crop improvement worldwide, which aims to mine and use vital genes associated with superior agronomic traits such as high yield, good quality, nutrient efficiency, and resistance against insects and stresses; establish genomic breeding platforms to breed and apply GSR; and set up resource-saving and environment-friendly cultivation management systems. GSR has been introduced into eight African and eight Asian countries and has contributed significantly to rice cultivation and food security in these countries. This article mainly describes the GSR concept and recent research progress, as well as the significant achievements in GSR breeding and its application.
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spelling CGSpace1645662024-12-19T14:12:13Z Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa Yu, Sibin Ali, Jauhar Zhang, Chaopu Li, Zhikang Zhang, Qifa agronomy and crop science biotechnology general medicine genetics The “Green Super Rice” (GSR) project aims to fundamentally transform crop production techniques and promote the development of green agriculture based on functional genomics and breeding of GSR varieties by whole-genome breeding platforms.Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the leading food crops of the world, and the safe production of rice plays a central role in ensuring food security. However, the conflicts between rice production and environmental resources are becoming increasingly acute. For this reason, scientists in China have proposed the concept of Green Super Rice for promoting resource-saving and environment-friendly rice production, while still achieving a yield increase and quality improvement. GSR is becoming one of the major goals for agricultural research and crop improvement worldwide, which aims to mine and use vital genes associated with superior agronomic traits such as high yield, good quality, nutrient efficiency, and resistance against insects and stresses; establish genomic breeding platforms to breed and apply GSR; and set up resource-saving and environment-friendly cultivation management systems. GSR has been introduced into eight African and eight Asian countries and has contributed significantly to rice cultivation and food security in these countries. This article mainly describes the GSR concept and recent research progress, as well as the significant achievements in GSR breeding and its application. 2020-05 2024-12-19T12:54:02Z 2024-12-19T12:54:02Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164566 en Open Access Springer Yu, Sibin; Ali, Jauhar; Zhang, Chaopu; Li, Zhikang and Zhang, Qifa. 2020. Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa. Theor Appl Genet, Volume 133 no. 5 p. 1427-1442
spellingShingle agronomy and crop science
biotechnology
general medicine
genetics
Yu, Sibin
Ali, Jauhar
Zhang, Chaopu
Li, Zhikang
Zhang, Qifa
Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa
title Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa
title_full Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa
title_fullStr Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa
title_full_unstemmed Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa
title_short Genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in Asia and Africa
title_sort genomic breeding of green super rice varieties and their deployment in asia and africa
topic agronomy and crop science
biotechnology
general medicine
genetics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164566
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