Plant phenotyping and phenomics for plant breeding

A major challenge for food production in the coming decades is to meet the food demands of a growing population (Beddington, 2010). The difficulty of expanding agricultural land, along with the effect of climate change and the increase in world population are the current societal changes that make n...

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Authors: Lobos, Gustavo A., Camargo, Anyela V., Pozo, Alejandro del, Araus Ortega, José Luis, Ortiz, Rodomiro, Doonan, John H.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/139397
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/139397
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Agricultura
Millorament selectiu de plantes
Agriculture
Plant breeding
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Summary:A major challenge for food production in the coming decades is to meet the food demands of a growing population (Beddington, 2010). The difficulty of expanding agricultural land, along with the effect of climate change and the increase in world population are the current societal changes that make necessary to accelerate research to improve yield-potential and adaptation to stressful environments (Lobos et al., 2014; Camargo and Lobos). [...]