Current Research in Agriculture and Farming (CRAF)
Year : 2026, Volume 7, Issue 4
First page : 44-61
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-7146.349
Plant Breeding for Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security: The Era of Genomics-Assisted Breeding
1Assistant Chief Technical Officer, ICAR RC for NEH Region, Arunachal Pradesh Centre, Basar 2Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Vegetable Science, Maharana Pratap Horticulture University, Karnal, Haryana 3,4Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, SDAU, , Sardarkushinagar, Gujarat 5Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Plant Pathology, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana 6M. Sc. Scholar, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Science, Chandigarh University, UP. 7M.Sc. Scholar, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 8YP-II, Department of Biotechnology, Vasantrao Naik College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Yavatmal *Corresponding Author E-mail: gerikbagramemo@gmail.com Received: 13.06.2026 | Revised: 28.07.2026 | Accepted: 10.08.2026
ABSTRACT
Genomics-assisted breeding is transforming plant breeding by accelerating the development of high-yielding, climate-resilient, nutrient-rich, and disease-resistant crop varieties essential for sustainable agriculture and global food security. Rapid advances in genomics, high-throughput phenotyping, molecular markers, genome-wide association studies, genomic selection, and gene-editing technologies have enabled breeders to identify and utilize valuable genetic variation with greater precision and efficiency. These approaches reduce breeding cycles while improving selection accuracy for complex traits such as drought tolerance, salinity resistance, heat adaptation, nutritional quality, and resource-use efficiency. Integration of genomic information with conventional breeding, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, and speed breeding further strengthens crop improvement strategies. This chapter highlights recent advances, applications, opportunities, and challenges of genomics-assisted breeding and discusses its potential to develop resilient crop varieties capable of supporting sustainable production under changing climatic and environmental conditions.
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Cite this article:
Bagra, G., Dahiya, R. R., Donga, A. R., Solanki, T., Kaur, R., Srivastava, H., Yadav, R., & Tagde, S. (2026). Plant Breeding for Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security: The Era of Genomics-Assisted Breeding, Curr. Rese. Agri. Far. 7(4), 44-61. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-7146.349
