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Status and Recent Progress in Determining the Genetic Diversity and Phylogeny of Cotton Crops

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The significance of plant genetic diversity (PGD) is predictable as an exact part since the public explosion of urbanization, and the decline of cultivable land is the severe issues subsidizing to food security in underdeveloped countries. Agricultural researchers realized that plant genetic diversity could be apprehended and deposited, such as gene bank, DNA library, etc. In the biorepository that preserves genetic material for a long time. However, the preserved plant genetic resources should be used to improve crops to meet upcoming universal challenges related to food and nutrition security. This article reviews the most significant areas related to cotton crops; (i) the importance of plant genetic diversity (PGD) mainly arable crops; (ii) investigation of existing PGD analysis methods in the pre-genomic and genomic age; and (iii) modern tools available for PGD analysis. This review will help the plant science researchers to use the available modern resources and latest tools for a better and quick assessment for the use of germplasm from gene banks to their ongoing breeding programs. By introducing new biotechnological practices, the management of the genomic alteration process is now enhanced and accepted with more accuracy than old classical breeding skills. It should also be noted that gene banks are investigating several problems to improve the levels of distribution of germplasms and its use, especially replication of plant uniqueness and access to the databanks for research accomplishments. Therefore, as plant breeders and crop developers are essential components in successful food production, accessibility and approach to different genetic sources will guarantee that the universal demand for food and livelihood becomes maintainable. Molecular methods have a severe and unavoidable leading role in the challenges of phylogeny and speciation. In recent times, there is a new class of cutting-edge practices that has materialized, mainly an amalgamation of earlier and more basic techniques. Most advanced cutting-edge marker-based procedures tend to combine beneficial topographies by several basic methods to detect genetic gap and quirkiness. Mast innovative, cutting-edge marker-based techniques are used with a new class of DNA components, such as chloroplast microsatellites, to depict variation in the genetically altered genome. Furthermore, the latest technologies, such as RAPD and AFLP, also apply to cDNA-based patterns to study gene expression and blur the impression of biological responses. Furthermost imperative and latest improvements made indent for molecular marker techniques are discussed in this review, which improves the understanding of weather kegs and its practical usefulness for scientists.

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Simair, A.A., Simair, S.P. (2020). Status and Recent Progress in Determining the Genetic Diversity and Phylogeny of Cotton Crops. In: Wang, H., Memon, H. (eds) Cotton Science and Processing Technology. Textile Science and Clothing Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9169-3_2

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