FUTURE FOOD SAFETY PREVENTION RESULTS FROM GENETIC TESTING

Аннотация

Abstract. Plant genetic resources (PGR) are the major natural resources on which human being has relied on for their livelihood, and their demand will increase in the future due to the continuing growth of population. Scientifically use of PGR is important in increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems for future food security. However, despite their importance in crop improvement, utility of these resources has been poor. With the advent of new high-throughput technologies like next-generation sequencing (NGS), new genomic resources have been generated. The advancement in genomic tools and reduction in their costs are bringing many more plants within the range of genome- and transcriptome-level analysis. The genomic resources thus gener ated will be useful for genetic improvement of crops through applications of resources such as marker-assisted breeding (MAB) for gene introgression, map ping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) or identifying new or rare alleles associated with a particular trait. The effective and complementary use of all of genomic resources and available PGR will be required for meeting the challenge posed by the world’s expanding demand for food. This chapter focuses on how genomic resources can be used in PGR for crop improvement particularly for major food crops. The real and potential application of the current advances in genomic technologies can be used for efficient utilization of PGR for crop improvement to secure food security.