Advances in genomics-assisted breeding strategies for enhancing nutrient uptake and use efficiency in cereals: A pathway toward sustainable agriculture

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Plant Stress Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI:10.1016/j.stress.2025.101002

Gurjeet Singh , Om Prakash Raigar , Simardeep Kaur , Ruchi Bishnoi , Kinjal Mondal , Kibrom B. Abreha , Amrit Kumar Nayak , Tabinda Athar , Vinay Sharma , Danishta Aziz , Santosh Gudi , Pawan Saini , Amit Kumar , Rakesh Bhardwaj , Amritbir Riar

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Abstract

Staple cereals such as rice, wheat, and maize are key to food security by providing the bulk of calories consumed worldwide. However, cereal productivity is often limited by inefficient uptake and utilization of essential nutrients, including N, P, Fe, and Zn especially under stress conditions. Enhancing nutrient uptake efficiency (NutrUE) in staple crops is crucial to reducing fertilizer inputs, supporting sustainable agriculture, and securing food and nutrition for future generations. The present review discusses recent advancements in genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) aimed at improving nutrient uptake (NU) in major cereals. This review delineates the biochemical and molecular underpinnings of NU, emphasizing how genomics tools such as QTL mapping, GWAS, GS, and CRISPR/Cas9 enable the dissection and targeted improvement of multifactorial NU and NutrUE-related traits. Additionally, it also explored the high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) and genotyping (HTG) platforms, including imaging techniques like MRI, X-Ray CT, and UAV-based RGB/Multispectral imaging, aligned with next-generation sequencing which enable precise and rapid characterization for NU and NutrUE-related traits. Furthermore, the review addresses how multi-omics approaches (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) contribute to the identification of candidate genes and regulatory pathways associated with NU. Ultimately, this integrated approach provides valuable strategies and insights for researchers, breeders, and policymakers working in accelerating the development of NU and NutrUE cereal cultivars, thereby supporting agricultural sustainability and global hunger prevention.

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提高谷物营养吸收和利用效率的基因组学辅助育种策略研究进展：通往可持续农业之路

大米、小麦和玉米等主要谷物是粮食安全的关键，它们提供了全球消耗的大部分卡路里。然而，特别是在逆境条件下，谷物生产力往往受到必需营养物质（包括氮、磷、铁和锌）吸收和利用效率低下的限制。提高主粮作物的养分吸收效率（NutrUE）对于减少肥料投入、支持可持续农业以及确保子孙后代的粮食和营养至关重要。本文综述了基因组辅助育种（GAB）在提高主要谷物营养吸收（NU）方面的最新进展。本文概述了NU的生化和分子基础，强调了基因组学工具如QTL定位、GWAS、GS和CRISPR/Cas9如何能够对NU和nutrue相关的多因子性状进行解剖和有针对性的改进。此外，它还探索了高通量表型（HTP）和基因分型（HTG）平台，包括成像技术，如MRI， x射线CT和基于无人机的RGB/多光谱成像，与下一代测序相结合，能够精确快速地表征NU和nutrue相关性状。此外，本文还介绍了多组学方法（基因组学、转录组学、蛋白质组学和代谢组学）如何有助于识别与NU相关的候选基因和调控途径。最终，这种综合方法为致力于加快NU和NutrUE谷物品种开发的研究人员、育种人员和政策制定者提供了有价值的策略和见解，从而支持农业可持续性和全球饥饿预防。

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Plant Stress PLANT SCIENCES-

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5.20

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8.00%

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63 days

期刊介绍： The journal Plant Stress deals with plant (or other photoautotrophs, such as algae, cyanobacteria and lichens) responses to abiotic and biotic stress factors that can result in limited growth and productivity. Such responses can be analyzed and described at a physiological, biochemical and molecular level. Experimental approaches/technologies aiming to improve growth and productivity with a potential for downstream validation under stress conditions will also be considered. Both fundamental and applied research manuscripts are welcome, provided that clear mechanistic hypotheses are made and descriptive approaches are avoided. In addition, high-quality review articles will also be considered, provided they follow a critical approach and stimulate thought for future research avenues. Plant Stress welcomes high-quality manuscripts related (but not limited) to interactions between plants and: Lack of water (drought) and excess (flooding), Salinity stress, Elevated temperature and/or low temperature (chilling and freezing), Hypoxia and/or anoxia, Mineral nutrient excess and/or deficiency, Heavy metals and/or metalloids, Plant priming (chemical, biological, physiological, nanomaterial, biostimulant) approaches for improved stress protection, Viral, phytoplasma, bacterial and fungal plant-pathogen interactions. The journal welcomes basic and applied research articles, as well as review articles and short communications. All submitted manuscripts will be subject to a thorough peer-reviewing process.