Life Sciences & Biomedicine Plant Sciences Science & Technology
The world’s population will almost exceed 8 billion in 2022 (https://www.unfpa.org/swp2022). In contrast, the available area of cultivated land is decreasing every year. Therefore, it is a big challenge for international agriculture to ensure the food security of such a huge population (Pathirana and Carimi, 2022). With the recent COVID-2019 pandemic, global warming, economic slowdowns, poverty, and inequality have increased unemployment, resulted in food insecurity, and affected millions of people globally (FAO, 2021). The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021, https://www.fao.org/3/cb4474en/online/cb4474en.html). To address the increasing food demands, it is crucial to develop improved crop varieties with enhanced yield through the utilization of diverse germplasm resources (Varshney et al., 2021a).
Details
Title
Editorial: Creation and utilization of crop germplasm resources
Authors/Creators
Chuanzhi Zhao - Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Sunil S. S. Gangurde - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Xia Xin - Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Natl Crop GeneBank, Inst Crop Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
Rajeev K. K. Varshney - Murdoch University
Publication Details
Frontiers in plant science, Vol.14, 1140037
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Number of pages
4
Grant note
2022YFD1200401 / National Key Research and Development Program of China
Agricultural Scientific and Technological Innovation Project of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CAAS-ASTIP-2021-ICS01 / Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program
2020LZGC001; 2021LZGC025; 2022LZGC022 / Key Research and Development Project of Shandong Province