Digital genebank for sustainable of precision biotechnology
2019
Kohli, A.
Crop improvement for food and nutritional security within the sustainable and equitable framework is an imperative with no options. The increasing number of mouths to feed i s the chief driver. Importantly however, changes in the landscape towards urbanization; in socio-economic preferences towards non-agrarian jobs; in fresh water supplies towards depleting reservoirs and in climate patters towards inclement weather events of drought, salinity, submergence, heat and cold, all necessitate concerted efforts towards addressing the land, water, labor and energy challenges facing agriculture. Science and technology are the only recourse for providing the required alternatives and efficiencies that can help us cope with the problems. One mushrooming aspect of science and technology is the digital technologies, which makes extensive data available for relatively easy analysis and predictions for conducting science in a more rapid and precise manner towards the desirable solutions. This talk will describe how various accessions of rice available in the genebank at IRRI [International Rice Research Inst.] can be used through the digitization technologies to food into various programs for crop improvement in a faster and more efficient manner.
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