Article
Strategies for utilization of crop wild relatives in plant breeding programs.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Dec 2022
Kashyap Anamika, Garg Pooja, Tanwar Kunal, Sharma Jyoti, Gupta Navin C, Ha Pham Thi Thu, Bhattacharya R C, Mason Annaliese S, Rao Mahesh
Abstract excerpt
Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are weedy and wild relatives of the domesticated and cultivated crops, which usually occur and are maintained in natural forms in their centres of origin. These include the ancestors or progenitors of all cultivated species and comprise rich sources of diversity for many important traits useful in plant breeding. CWRs can play an important role in broadening genetic bases and...
Topics
- Plant Breeding
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Crops, Agricultural
- Phenotype
