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ReviewPlant biotechnology journal2025

Genomics-assisted breeding for designing salinity-smart future crops.

Ali Raza, Qamar U Zaman, Sergey Shabala, Mark Tester, Rana Munns, Zhangli Hu, Rajeev K Varshney

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Review in Plant biotechnology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Harnessing artificial intelligence in plant breeding: innovations in digital phenotyping and breeding methodologies.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ali RazaGuangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5120-2791
Qamar U ZamanSchool of Breeding and Multiplication, Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Hainan University, Sanya, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2665-7436
Sergey ShabalaSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-8981
Mark TesterCenter of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security and Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5085-8801
Rana MunnsCentre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7519-2698
Zhangli HuGuangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2596-8515
Rajeev K VarshneyWA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-9131

Funding

Grains Research and Development Corporation UMU2303-003RTXGrains Research and Development Corporation UMU2403-009RTXGrains Research and Development Corporation UMU2404-003RTXGrains Research and Development Corporation WSU2303-001RTXGuangdong Key R & D Project 2022B1111070005Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Substances in Medicinal Edible Resources and Healthcare Products 2021B1212040015Guangxi Major Program for Science and Technology GuikeAA24263042Murdoch UniversityNational Natural Science Foundation of China 32273118Shenzhen Special Fund for Sustainable Development KCXFZ20211020164013021Shenzhen University 2022B010The Engineering Research Center Support Program from Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen Municipality XMHT20220104019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change induces many abiotic stresses, including soil salinity, significantly challenging global agriculture. Salinity stress tolerance (SST) is a complex trait, both physiologically and genetically, and is conferred at various levels of plant functional organization. As both the sustainability and profitability of agricultural production systems are critically dependent on SST, plant breeders are trying to design and develop salinity-smart crop plants capable of thriving under high salinity conditions. The accessibility of extreme-quality reference genomes for cultivated crops, naturally salinity-smart plants, and crop wild relatives has fast-tracked the discovery of key genes and quantitative trait loci (QTLs), marker development, genotyping assays and molecular breeding products with improved SST. Employing fast-forward breeding tools, namely genomic selection (GS), haplotype-based breeding (HBB), artificial intelligence (AI) and high-throughput phenotyping (HTP), has shown influence not only for fast-tracking genetic gains but also for reducing the time and cost of developing commercial cultivars with enhanced SST and yield stability. This review discusses the advancement and prospects of various genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) tools, including genome sequencing, QTL mapping, GWAS, GS, HBB, pan-genomics, single-cell/tissue genomics and phenotyping, epigenomics and transgenomics, to exploit the genetic landscape for improving SST. Additionally, we explore the integration of HTP and AI, which demonstrates how these innovative approaches can optimize breeding efficiency and guide large-scale breeding efforts for designing salinity-smart crops to ensure sustainable agriculture and global food security. The collective adoption of these tools suggests bridging the gap between research and field application to deliver stress-smart varieties designed for saline-affected regions worldwide.

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalGenomicsPlant BreedingSalt ToleranceGenome, PlantQuantitative Trait LociSalinitycell‐/tissue‐based phenotypingcrop wild relativesgenome sequencingpan‐genomicssalinity tolerancesingle‐cell genomics

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PMID40390692
PMCPMC12310839

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