Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate

Substantial evidence now exists suggesting that agricultural yields will have to increase significantly in order to meet food needs during the 21st century. One such way of increasing yields is to develop high yielding cultivars through crop improvement. This Working Paper summarises the results of...

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Autores principales: Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Heinemann, Alexandre B.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69259
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Heinemann, Alexandre B.
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description Substantial evidence now exists suggesting that agricultural yields will have to increase significantly in order to meet food needs during the 21st century. One such way of increasing yields is to develop high yielding cultivars through crop improvement. This Working Paper summarises the results of a CCAFS project named Target Population of Environments (TPE). The project aimed at providing actionable information to crop breeders and, therefore, inform breeding decisions. We developed and applied a methodology for classifying crop growing environments, determining stress profiles and, finally, assessing the potential benefit of improved breeding practice. We present two contrasting case studies, one for upland rice in central Brazil and another for common beans in Goiás (Brazil). Analyses are also currently being conducted for lowland irrigated rice in Colombia, and plans to conduct research on rice in sub-Saharan Africa. Results of the TPE project are publicly available in the form of dynamic maps and graphs at http://www.ccafs-tpe.org.
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spelling CGSpace692592024-03-06T10:16:43Z Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando Heinemann, Alexandre B. climate change food security agriculture Substantial evidence now exists suggesting that agricultural yields will have to increase significantly in order to meet food needs during the 21st century. One such way of increasing yields is to develop high yielding cultivars through crop improvement. This Working Paper summarises the results of a CCAFS project named Target Population of Environments (TPE). The project aimed at providing actionable information to crop breeders and, therefore, inform breeding decisions. We developed and applied a methodology for classifying crop growing environments, determining stress profiles and, finally, assessing the potential benefit of improved breeding practice. We present two contrasting case studies, one for upland rice in central Brazil and another for common beans in Goiás (Brazil). Analyses are also currently being conducted for lowland irrigated rice in Colombia, and plans to conduct research on rice in sub-Saharan Africa. Results of the TPE project are publicly available in the form of dynamic maps and graphs at http://www.ccafs-tpe.org. 2015-12-16 2015-12-16T17:06:16Z 2015-12-16T17:06:16Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69259 en Open Access application/pdf Ramirez-Villegas J, Heinemann AB. 2015. Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate. CCAFS Working Paper no. 144. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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food security
agriculture
Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando
Heinemann, Alexandre B.
Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate
title Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate
title_full Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate
title_fullStr Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate
title_full_unstemmed Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate
title_short Environmental characterisation to guide breeding decisions in a changing climate
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topic climate change
food security
agriculture
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