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NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 237-251Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3901
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- US National Science Foundation [IOS-121626, IOS-1238243]
- US Department of Agriculture, US National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative [2011-04015, 2009-04824, 2009-02130]
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1238243] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [1238243] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1121626] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Crop yield reduction as a consequence of increasingly severe climatic events threatens global food security. Genetic loci that ensure productivity in challenging environments exist within the germplasm of crops, their wild relatives and species that are adapted to extreme environments. Selective breeding for the combination of beneficial loci in germplasm has improved yields in diverse environments throughout the history of agriculture. An effective new paradigm is the targeted identification of specific genetic determinants of stress adaptation that have evolved in nature and their precise introgression into elite varieties. These loci are often associated with distinct regulation or function, duplication and/or neofunctionalization of genes that maintain plant homeostasis.
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