TY - JOUR
T1 - The potential of advanced crop breeding technologies for sustainable food security
AU - Bacha, Syed Asim shah
AU - Kiran, Sadia
AU - Cui, Feng Jie
AU - Elboughdiri, Noureddine
AU - Ahmad, Zubair
AU - Sun, Wen Jing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025
PY - 2025/5
Y1 - 2025/5
N2 - Considering the increasing demands of a growing global population, shortages of resources, and climate change, exploring the potential of modern plant breeding technology seems to be an important and feasible method for ensuring food security. The current review shed light on the dramatic application of modern plant breeding techniques, which not only increase yields of crops but also lead a way for sustainable agriculture and resilience in dealing with of environmental challenges. Modern plant breeding technologies, such as Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated protein (CRISPR-Cas) genome editing tools, omics, marker-Assisted Selection (MAS), and RNA Interference (RNAi) for Crop Enhancement exhibited the potential to significantly enhance crop production and diversity. Modern plant breeding technologies offers a method for developing crops that are resistant to the effects of climate change, pests, and diseases, improving crop yield and nutritional quality while decreasing the demand for harmful pesticides. Finally, this review emphasizes the enormous potential of modern plant breeding methods in ensuring global food security, as well as the importance of continued research, collaboration, and strategic application for a resilient and sustainable agricultural future.
AB - Considering the increasing demands of a growing global population, shortages of resources, and climate change, exploring the potential of modern plant breeding technology seems to be an important and feasible method for ensuring food security. The current review shed light on the dramatic application of modern plant breeding techniques, which not only increase yields of crops but also lead a way for sustainable agriculture and resilience in dealing with of environmental challenges. Modern plant breeding technologies, such as Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated protein (CRISPR-Cas) genome editing tools, omics, marker-Assisted Selection (MAS), and RNA Interference (RNAi) for Crop Enhancement exhibited the potential to significantly enhance crop production and diversity. Modern plant breeding technologies offers a method for developing crops that are resistant to the effects of climate change, pests, and diseases, improving crop yield and nutritional quality while decreasing the demand for harmful pesticides. Finally, this review emphasizes the enormous potential of modern plant breeding methods in ensuring global food security, as well as the importance of continued research, collaboration, and strategic application for a resilient and sustainable agricultural future.
KW - CRISPR/Cas
KW - Food security
KW - Genomic selection
KW - Modern plant breeding
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105002418192
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.143025
DO - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.143025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105002418192
SN - 0141-8130
VL - 309
JO - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
JF - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
M1 - 143025
ER -