Trait prioritization studies have guided research, development and investment decisions for public-sector crop breeding programmes since the 1970s
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Trait prioritization studies have guided research, development and investment decisions for public-sector crop breeding programmes since the 1970s, but the research design, methods and tools underpinning these studies are not well understood.
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Sourced from the stated research gap and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2021 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 237 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Cross incompatibility restricting genome exchange and diversification of primary gene pool in plants: challenges and opportunities (2026) · Theoretical and Applied Genetics · doi
Persistent reproductive barriers restrict the use of crop wild relatives in crop improvement programs. Limited understanding of the genetic basis of cross incompatibility hinders the development of effective strategies to overcome these barriers. The need for innovative breeding strategies to address global food security challenges.
generalstated research gapKeywords: persistent reproductive barriers restrict use crop wild relatives - Heterosis and Hybrid Crop Breeding: A Multidisciplinary Review (2021) · Frontiers in Genetics · cited 223× · doi
Open questions in optimal use of genomic selection in hybrid crop breeding programs remain, such as how to choose founders of heterotic pools, the importance of dominance effects in genomic prediction, the necessary frequency of updating the training set with phenotypic information, and how to maintain genetic variance and prevent fixation of deleterious alleles.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: genomic open questions optimal selection hybrid crop breeding programs remain choose founders heterotic pools importance - A scoping review on tools and methods for trait prioritization in crop breeding programmes (2024) · Nature Plants · cited 14× · doi
Trait prioritization studies have guided research, development and investment decisions for public-sector crop breeding programmes since the 1970s, but the research design, methods and tools underpinning these studies are not well understood.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: trait prioritization guided development investment decisions public sector crop breeding programmes design tools underpinning well
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