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The comprehensive study of metabolites inside a biological system, or “metabolomics,” has become a potent technique in plant breeding for increased crop yield. Metabolomics offers insights into the complex metabolic processes that govern agronomically important characteristics like yield, stress tolerance, and nutritional quality by giving an overview of the biochemical status of plants. Breeding programs may accelerate the selection process by identifying biomarkers associated with desirable characteristics through the integration of metabolomics with genomes and conventional breeding procedures. Metabolomics helps to better understand complex characteristics in crops, which are frequently controlled by several genes and impacted by environmental variables. By measuring and characterizing metabolites, scientists can establish a connection between particular metabolic profiles and phenotypic characteristics, providing insight into the molecular basis of these traits. This strategy is especially useful in developing crop varieties with higher nutritional content and increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stressors. Furthermore, metabolomics can be used in precision breeding to lessen the need for labor-intensive phenotypic assessments by using metabolic markers to direct the selection of parent plants with the most desirable characteristics. Breeders can develop crops that are more climate change resistant by tracking metabolic changes in response to environmental changes. There are several challenges to overcome in the integration of metabolomics into crop breeding, such as the difficulty in interpreting data and the requirement for high-throughput analytical methods. But these challenges are quickly being overcome by developments in analytical technology and bioinformatics, which is why metabolomics is becoming a more crucial part of modern crop enhancement plans. Metabolomics has the potential to dramatically transform plant breeding as the science develops, producing resilient, nutrient-dense, and sustainable crops with large yields.

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Metabolomics and Breeding for Crop Improvement

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    2025年

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  • Narkhede Gopal Wasudeo,
  • Manchikatla Arun Kumar,
  • Bijendra Kumar Gautam,
  • Konusothu Subhasri,
  • Shabir H. Wani

摘要

The comprehensive study of metabolites inside a biological system, or “metabolomics,” has become a potent technique in plant breeding for increased crop yield. Metabolomics offers insights into the complex metabolic processes that govern agronomically important characteristics like yield, stress tolerance, and nutritional quality by giving an overview of the biochemical status of plants. Breeding programs may accelerate the selection process by identifying biomarkers associated with desirable characteristics through the integration of metabolomics with genomes and conventional breeding procedures. Metabolomics helps to better understand complex characteristics in crops, which are frequently controlled by several genes and impacted by environmental variables. By measuring and characterizing metabolites, scientists can establish a connection between particular metabolic profiles and phenotypic characteristics, providing insight into the molecular basis of these traits. This strategy is especially useful in developing crop varieties with higher nutritional content and increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stressors. Furthermore, metabolomics can be used in precision breeding to lessen the need for labor-intensive phenotypic assessments by using metabolic markers to direct the selection of parent plants with the most desirable characteristics. Breeders can develop crops that are more climate change resistant by tracking metabolic changes in response to environmental changes. There are several challenges to overcome in the integration of metabolomics into crop breeding, such as the difficulty in interpreting data and the requirement for high-throughput analytical methods. But these challenges are quickly being overcome by developments in analytical technology and bioinformatics, which is why metabolomics is becoming a more crucial part of modern crop enhancement plans. Metabolomics has the potential to dramatically transform plant breeding as the science develops, producing resilient, nutrient-dense, and sustainable crops with large yields.