Insights on the utilisation of tissue culture to aid new breeding techniques for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) improvement DOI Creative Commons

Malizukiswe Vincent Vacu,

Promise Sifiso Nzama,

Muyiwa S. Adegbaju

и другие.

Frontiers in Horticulture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4

Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025

Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) is an underutilised vegetable legume indigenous to and predominantly cultivated consumed in Africa. However, its reach agricultural production consumption has expanded globally. This resilient crop known for ability withstand various environmental stressors, making it suitable marginal systems commonly used by small-scale farmers. Although cowpea exhibits tolerance drought, notably sensitive salinity stress biotic agents. The degree of drought varies among different cultivars, which requires further research develop more varieties.The changing climate patterns associated uncertainties highlight the urgent need breed productive cultivars. Conventional plant breeding techniques have produced new varieties cowpeas, yet limited genetic diversity within cowpeas poses challenges future conventional efforts. New (NBTs), including gene editing tools, single base pair alterations, DNA methylation methods, offer promising alternatives accelerate improvement. such approaches are also faced with success organogenesis (OG) somatic embryogenesis (SE) tissue culture. review examines advances use culture enhance productivity resilience against abiotic stresses.

Язык: Английский

Multi-Omics Approaches Against Abiotic and Biotic Stress—A Review DOI Creative Commons

Venkatramanan Varadharajan,

R. Radhika,

Pandiyan Muthuramalingam

и другие.

Plants, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(6), С. 865 - 865

Опубликована: Март 10, 2025

Plants face an array of environmental stresses, including both abiotic and biotic stresses. These stresses significantly impact plant lifespan reduce agricultural crop productivity. Abiotic such as ultraviolet (UV) radiation, high low temperatures, salinity, drought, floods, heavy metal toxicity, etc., contribute to widespread losses globally. On the other hand, those caused by insects, fungi, weeds, further exacerbate these challenges. stressors can hinder systems at various levels, molecular, cellular, development processes. To overcome challenges, multi-omics computational approaches offer a significant tool for characterizing plant’s biomolecular pool, which is crucial maintaining homeostasis signaling response changes. Integrating multiple layers omics data, proteomics, metabolomics, ionomics, interactomics, phenomics, simplifies study resistance mechanisms. This comprehensive approach enables regulatory networks pathway maps, identifying potential targets improving through genetic engineering or breeding strategies. review highlights valuable insights from integrating unravel stress responses factors. By decoding gene regulation transcriptional networks, techniques reveal critical mechanisms underlying tolerance. Furthermore, role secondary metabolites in bio-based products enhancing mitigation discussed. Genome editing tools promising strategies resilience, evidenced successful case studies combating stressors. whole, this extensively discusses advanced that aids understanding molecular basis developing novel improve crops’ organisms’ resilience

Язык: Английский

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Insights on the utilisation of tissue culture to aid new breeding techniques for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) improvement DOI Creative Commons

Malizukiswe Vincent Vacu,

Promise Sifiso Nzama,

Muyiwa S. Adegbaju

и другие.

Frontiers in Horticulture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4

Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025

Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) is an underutilised vegetable legume indigenous to and predominantly cultivated consumed in Africa. However, its reach agricultural production consumption has expanded globally. This resilient crop known for ability withstand various environmental stressors, making it suitable marginal systems commonly used by small-scale farmers. Although cowpea exhibits tolerance drought, notably sensitive salinity stress biotic agents. The degree of drought varies among different cultivars, which requires further research develop more varieties.The changing climate patterns associated uncertainties highlight the urgent need breed productive cultivars. Conventional plant breeding techniques have produced new varieties cowpeas, yet limited genetic diversity within cowpeas poses challenges future conventional efforts. New (NBTs), including gene editing tools, single base pair alterations, DNA methylation methods, offer promising alternatives accelerate improvement. such approaches are also faced with success organogenesis (OG) somatic embryogenesis (SE) tissue culture. review examines advances use culture enhance productivity resilience against abiotic stresses.

Язык: Английский

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0