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Plant Molecular Biology Applications in Horticulture: An Overview

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Horticultural crops are important for nutritional and livelihood security of farmers in the developing countries. Generating improved varieties adapted to modern production, transportation and storage requirements can make a significant impact on these economies. Compared to progress achieved in cereals and grasses, genetic improvement in horticultural crops has lagged behind. A significant review of the status and availability of genomic resources in these crops can be utilised efficiently to conserve and explore existing genetic diversity, to understand relationship between genotype-phenotype and to accelerate breeding. Recent advances in automation and high-throughput sequencing can be used in decoding as yet uncharacterized, complex genomes. In this review, we explore the various tools available under genomics, with emphasis on underutilised tropical and subtropical horticultural crops.

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Chaturvedi, K., Sahijram, L. (2015). Plant Molecular Biology Applications in Horticulture: An Overview. In: Bahadur, B., Venkat Rajam, M., Sahijram, L., Krishnamurthy, K. (eds) Plant Biology and Biotechnology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2283-5_6

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