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SCIENCE
Volume 327, Issue 5967, Pages 818-822Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1183700
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- Australian Research Council
- Grains Research Development Corporation
- South Australian State Government
- University of Adelaide
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To feed the several billion people living on this planet, the production of high-quality food must increase with reduced inputs, but this accomplishment will be particularly challenging in the face of global environmental change. Plant breeders need to focus on traits with the greatest potential to increase yield. Hence, new technologies must be developed to accelerate breeding through improving genotyping and phenotyping methods and by increasing the available genetic diversity in breeding germplasm. The most gain will come from delivering these technologies in developing countries, but the technologies will have to be economically accessible and readily disseminated. Crop improvement through breeding brings immense value relative to investment and offers an effective approach to improving food security.
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