Mutagenesis in Plant Breeding for Disease and Pathogen Resistance

Abstract

Global food security faces several challenges such as erratic climate change, expanding human growth, depleted arable land and dwindling natural resources. The crop loss incurred by the infestation of pathogens and subsequent disease outbreaks has posed a serious threat to the food production across the globe. Induced mutagenesis is a promising technology to overcome the pest and disease outbreak in a wide array of economically important crops.