Tools for using the International Rice Genebank to breed for climate-resilient varieties

PLoS Biol. 2023 Jul 6;21(7):e3002215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002215. eCollection 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Traditional rice varieties have been critical for developing improved stress-tolerant rice varieties. Tools to analyze the genome sequences of traditional varieties are accelerating the identification and deployment of genes conferring climate change resilience.

MeSH terms

  • Climate Change
  • Oryza* / genetics
  • Plant Breeding

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.