This Research Topic focuses on improving crop resilience to climate change through the integration of advanced genomics and phenomics technologies. Climate-resilient agriculture involves developing farming practices and crop varieties that can withstand the adverse effects of climate change, such as extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, and increased pest stress. In the context of crop enhancement, genomics involves identifying genes and genetic variations that contribute to desirable traits, such as drought tolerance, heat resistance, and pest resistance. Advanced techniques like CRISPR/Cas9 and marker-assisted selection are used to introduce or enhance these traits in crops. Phenomics, on the other hand, involves using high-throughput techniques to measure and analyze these traits. The integrative approach combines genomics and phenomics to enhance crop breeding programs. It is a cutting-edge field that holds great promise for ensuring sustainable food production in a changing climate.
Despite the promising advancements in pioneering climate-resilient agriculture through integrative genomics and phenomics, several challenges need to be addressed to fully realize its potential. While advances in high-throughput phenotyping and genomic sequencing have provided vast amounts of data, the complexity of gene interactions and environmental influences on traits is not yet fully understood. Additionally, extensive multi-environment testing is needed to validate the resilience of crop varieties under diverse climate scenarios. The integration of various omics data (e.g., transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) and the application of sophisticated machine learning algorithms for data analysis remain underdeveloped. Another challenge lies in developing and standardizing methods for data collection, ensuring consistency and comparability across different studies. By focusing on these goals, the study of climate-resilient agriculture through integrative genomics and phenomics aims to create a more sustainable, productive, and secure agricultural system that can adapt to the challenges posed by climate change.
Developing climate-resilient crops through advanced genomic and phenotypic approaches is a vital and rapidly growing field in agricultural science. This area of research focuses on creating crops that can withstand the various challenges posed by climate change, including extreme weather conditions, pests, and diseases. The scope of developing climate-resilient crops is vast and interdisciplinary, involving advances in biotechnology, data science, environmental science, and agronomy. This field holds the promise of securing food production and sustainability in the face of changing global climates. We encourage submissions on, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Genomic Approaches to Stress Tolerance
- Phenomics for Precision Agriculture
- Integrative Multi-Omics Approaches
- Breeding Strategies and Crop Improvement
- Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Food Security and Nutrition
Keywords:
crop enhancement, climate-resilient, biotic stress, abiotic stress, genomics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
This Research Topic focuses on improving crop resilience to climate change through the integration of advanced genomics and phenomics technologies. Climate-resilient agriculture involves developing farming practices and crop varieties that can withstand the adverse effects of climate change, such as extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, and increased pest stress. In the context of crop enhancement, genomics involves identifying genes and genetic variations that contribute to desirable traits, such as drought tolerance, heat resistance, and pest resistance. Advanced techniques like CRISPR/Cas9 and marker-assisted selection are used to introduce or enhance these traits in crops. Phenomics, on the other hand, involves using high-throughput techniques to measure and analyze these traits. The integrative approach combines genomics and phenomics to enhance crop breeding programs. It is a cutting-edge field that holds great promise for ensuring sustainable food production in a changing climate.
Despite the promising advancements in pioneering climate-resilient agriculture through integrative genomics and phenomics, several challenges need to be addressed to fully realize its potential. While advances in high-throughput phenotyping and genomic sequencing have provided vast amounts of data, the complexity of gene interactions and environmental influences on traits is not yet fully understood. Additionally, extensive multi-environment testing is needed to validate the resilience of crop varieties under diverse climate scenarios. The integration of various omics data (e.g., transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) and the application of sophisticated machine learning algorithms for data analysis remain underdeveloped. Another challenge lies in developing and standardizing methods for data collection, ensuring consistency and comparability across different studies. By focusing on these goals, the study of climate-resilient agriculture through integrative genomics and phenomics aims to create a more sustainable, productive, and secure agricultural system that can adapt to the challenges posed by climate change.
Developing climate-resilient crops through advanced genomic and phenotypic approaches is a vital and rapidly growing field in agricultural science. This area of research focuses on creating crops that can withstand the various challenges posed by climate change, including extreme weather conditions, pests, and diseases. The scope of developing climate-resilient crops is vast and interdisciplinary, involving advances in biotechnology, data science, environmental science, and agronomy. This field holds the promise of securing food production and sustainability in the face of changing global climates. We encourage submissions on, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Genomic Approaches to Stress Tolerance
- Phenomics for Precision Agriculture
- Integrative Multi-Omics Approaches
- Breeding Strategies and Crop Improvement
- Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Food Security and Nutrition
Keywords:
crop enhancement, climate-resilient, biotic stress, abiotic stress, genomics
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.