Finally, we review the breeding efforts for virus resistance, based on conventional selection and genetic engineering.
This work will facilitate breeding efforts for increased resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot through the use of these PIs.
Contemporary breeding efforts for cultivated potato rely on phenotypic rather than genotypic selection of populations developed from intra- and intermarket class crosses, introgressions of wild and cultivated Solanum relatives, and ploidy manipulations.
The described primer sets could be used as functional marker to help the breeding effort for better storage protein qualities.
Identification of the genetic loci responsible for phenotypic variation in adult root phenotypes may identify the molecular basis for adaptive variation that exists in this species and potentially identify loci that are useful for breeding efforts needed for the next green revolution.
While this could be a big obstacle for breeding efforts, the species of the African V. paucifolia complex and the Asian V. subvillosa might be worth testing if initial screenings reveal benefitial traits.
Continued work in phylogenetics and genomics, coupled with physiological and ecological experimentation, is the surest way to understand the process of domestication and to support the on-going plant breeding efforts necessary for our long-term food survival.
In order to preserve genetic diversity for rice breeding efforts, China has protected several conservation areas for maintaining the production of wild rice and provides research material for investigating the response of wild rice and cultivated varieties of rice to various types of biotic and abiotic stresses (Tian et al. 2017; Zhang et al. 2016a, 2016b; Zhou et al. 2016).
For the past few years, breeding efforts to increase grain micronutrients have resulted in the development of biofortified crops including rice (HarvestPlus 2014).
Wild relatives of crops may contain allelic variation for genes determining the concentrations of these beneficial phytonutrients, and therefore understanding the genetic basis of this variation is important for breeding efforts to enhance nutritional quality.
