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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 2
First page : (298) Last page : (302)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8046

Genomics - Assisted Breeding – A Significant Breakthrough for Crop Improvement

Khushbu Chittora*
PhD Scholar, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Rajasthan College of Agriculture,
MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan-313001
*Corresponding Author E-mail: chittorakhushbu23@gmail.com
Received: 11.03.2020  |  Revised: 16.04.2020   |  Accepted: 22.04.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Conventional breeding methods mainly depends on breeders skills to develop new plant varieties. These methods are laborious and take several years to develop a new variety. Molecular markers, next generation sequencing, association mapping are genomics tool, developed in recent past which has increased the efficiency of conventional breeding to great extent. The combination of conventional breeding techniques with genomic tools has been used in several crops for their genetic improvement with reference to yield, fertility, stress tolerance and climatic resilience etc.

Keywords: Genomics-assisted breeding, QTL, NGS, High throughput phenotyping.

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Cite this article: Chittora, K. (2020). Genomics - Assisted Breeding – A Significant Breakthrough for Crop Improvement, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(2), 298-302. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8046