Rapid breeding and varietal replacement are critical to adaptation of cropping systems in the developing world to climate change

Global Food Security

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages 31-37

  Atlin, Gary N ^a   Cairns, Jill E ^b   Das, Biswanath ^c  

^a BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b CIMMYT ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^c JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Genetic gains; Germplasm exchange; Rapid crop breeding; Seed systems; Varietal replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012225909     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.01.008     Document Type: Review

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