Bioinformatics for Plant Genetics and Breeding Research

Abstract

Global food demand is expected to increase between 55 and 70% by 2050. Plant breeders and geneticists are constantly under pressure to develop highyielding climate-resilient varieties using novel approaches. The quest for simplifying complex traits and efforts for developing high-yielding varieties during the twentyfirst century led to a paradigm shift from phenotypic-based selection to genomebased breeding. On one hand, the development and utilization of diverse genetic