Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2024)
Breeding crops for climate resilience by mutation
Author(s): Bernard Gyebi-Nimako, Bo Li, Peng Wang, Salah Fatouh Abou-Elwafa, Le Xu, Yanhao Xu
Abstract: Agricultural breeding strategies must be improved as a result of the predicted rise in the global population and unpredictable climate change. Breeders face enormous challenges in trying to feed the steadily growing human population amidst the dangers posed by these unfavorable climate changes. Heightening germplasm diversity through mutation is indispensable in contemporary and classical radiation breeding because it has the latent to produce random mutations in the entire genome. This is true even though avant-garde technologies such as gene editing have made it a reality to breed varieties by editing one or more specific target genes. This technique has been successfully used to introduce several mutant varieties for industrial production. This review discusses the current state of conventional and particle radiation mutation breeding and illustrates the molecular mechanisms of radiation-induced mutations. This review also examines the prospects of radiation mutation breeding, which will help expand our understanding of its exploration for human benefits against unfavorable weather patterns.
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Bernard Gyebi-Nimako, Bo Li, Peng Wang, Salah Fatouh Abou-Elwafa, Le Xu, Yanhao Xu. Breeding crops for climate resilience by mutation. Int J Chem Stud 2024;12(3):26-46.
