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ReviewGM crops & food2025

Research and developmental strategies to hasten the improvement of orphan crops.

Ufuoma Akpojotor, Olubusayo Oluwole, Olaniyi Oyatomi, Rajneesh Paliwal, Michael Abberton

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Review in GM crops & food, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ufuoma AkpojotorGenetic Resources Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.
Olubusayo OluwoleGenetic Resources Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.
Olaniyi OyatomiGenetic Resources Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.
Rajneesh PaliwalGenetic Resources Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.
Michael AbbertonGenetic Resources Center, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To feed the world's expanding population, crop breeders need to increase agricultural productivity and expand major crops base. Orphan crops are indigenously important crops with great potential because they are climate resilient, highly nutritious, contain nutraceutical compounds, and can improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers and consumers, but they have received little or no scientific attention. This review article examines several research and developmental strategies for hastening the improvement of these crops so that they can effectively play their role in securing food and nutrition. The integration of both research and developmental approaches will open up modern opportunities for crop improvement. We summarized ways in which advanced tools in phenotyping and genotyping, using high-throughput processes, can be used to accelerate their improvement. Finally, we suggest roles the genebanks can play in improving orphan crops, as the utilization of plant genetic resources is important for the genetic improvement of a crop.

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalPlant BreedingGenotypePhenotypePlants, Genetically ModifiedClimate resilientfood and nutritional securitygenebankshigh-throughputorphan crops

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PMID39718143
PMCPMC11702946

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