Editorial: Genetics and Genomics to Enhance Crop Production, Towards Food Security

Ajay Kumar; Reyazul Rouf Mir; Deepmala Sehgal; Pinky Agarwal; Arron Carter

doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.798308

Editorial: Genetics and Genomics to Enhance Crop Production, Towards Food Security

Front Genet. 2021 Nov 23:12:798308. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.798308. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ajay Kumar¹, Reyazul Rouf Mir², Deepmala Sehgal³, Pinky Agarwal⁴, Arron Carter⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States.
² Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Sopore, India.
³ International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico), Texcoco, Mexico.
⁴ National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India.
⁵ Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: QTL mapping; abiotic stress; association mapping; candidate genes; crop improvement; disease resistance; gene editing; genomic selection.

Publication types

Editorial