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Title: The Application of Genomics and Bioinformatics to Recognize Soybean Pathogen Interaction in a Changing Climate
Authors: Muhammad Rizwan Bashir, Ahsan Mohyo ud Din, Muhammad Sajid, Ejaz ul Hassan, Qamar Anser Tufail Khan, Muhammad Rizwan Khurshid, Hafiz Saad Bin Mustafa, Ahmad Nawaz Gill, Hafeez ur Rehman, Umer Iqbal
Journal: Plant Bulletin
Publisher: Airanam Research
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2023
Volume: 2
Issue: 2
Language: English
DOI: 10.55627/pbulletin.002.02.0391
Keywords: Climate changeGenomicsBioinformaticsPlant pathogen interaction
The changing climate and continuously increasing global population has posed immense pressure on plant scientists to ensure per capita availability of food under scarcity of natural resources. The present circumstances also enforce to understand how rising CO2 level caused greenhouse effect in the environment which causes rise in the temperature and consequently influence the development of plant disease epidemic, to predict the genomic-based models under changing environmental conditions and to ensure continued food production. The application of genomics and bioinformatics tools are the innovative approaches to understand plant pathogen interaction and prediction that offers unique opportunities to enhance plant yield, stability in quality and production, boost the resilience of soybean to integrate resistance genes in present cultivars to sustain yield under epidemic disease conditions in abruptly changing climate. However, genomics data can be used for genomic based selections and advanced bioinformatics tools can be used to make predictions for genotype by pathogen interaction whereas it had ever been remained a great challenge to homogenize the diverse genomic data to which advanced skills and expertise are required in handling bioinformatics tools. Bioinformatics and genomics have the potential to sustain yield for food security by selection of tolerant or resistant genetic combination for disease sensitive environments as well as to facilitate for maintaining food security and mitigate the effect of inversely changing climatic conditions.
To explore how genomics and bioinformatics tools can be applied to understand soybean pathogen interactions in the context of a changing climate, aiming to enhance plant resilience, yield, and food security.
This is a review article that synthesizes existing research on the application of genomics and bioinformatics in understanding plant-pathogen interactions, particularly in soybean, under changing climatic conditions. It discusses the challenges posed by climate change, the role of genomics in identifying resistance genes, and the utility of bioinformatics tools for data analysis and prediction.
graph TD;
A[Identify Climate Change Impacts on Plant-Pathogen Interaction] --> B[Review Existing Research on Genomics and Bioinformatics];
B --> C[Analyze Applications of Genomics for Resistance Genes];
C --> D[Analyze Applications of Bioinformatics for Data Analysis and Prediction];
D --> E[Assess Challenges and Future Needs];
E --> F[Propose Solutions for Enhanced Soybean Resilience and Food Security];
The article highlights the increasing pressure on food production due to climate change and population growth. It emphasizes that genomics and bioinformatics are essential for developing climate-resilient crops by understanding and manipulating plant-pathogen interactions. The authors discuss the potential of these technologies to improve soybean yield and quality, and the challenges associated with data integration and the need for specialized expertise.
- Climate change significantly impacts plant-pathogen interactions, affecting disease epidemics and crop productivity.
- Genomics and bioinformatics offer innovative approaches to identify and integrate resistance genes into soybean cultivars, enhancing resilience.
- Bioinformatics tools are crucial for analyzing vast genomic data, predicting genotype-pathogen interactions, and facilitating genomic selection for crop improvement.
- There is a need for skilled scientists and advanced bioinformatics tools to effectively analyze complex biological data and address challenges in crop breeding for climate change adaptation.
Genomics and bioinformatics hold significant potential to accelerate crop production and enhance global food security by improving our understanding of plant-pathogen interactions and developing soybean varieties that are resilient to the adverse effects of climate change.
- The article states that the global atmospheric CO2 level has increased by 0.2°C per decade in the past 30 years. (Reference [12] supports global temperature increase, though specific CO2 impact is discussed generally).
- In Pakistan, the import bill for oilseed crops was over 192.00 billion rupees during 2015-16. (This is stated as a factual claim within the text).
- Brown leaf spot of soybean, caused by Septoria glycine, can cause yield loss of 10-60% in Pakistan. (This is presented as an estimated loss figure).
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