Review article - Peer-reviewed, 2021
Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS): polishing a rough diamond
Stenberg, Johan A.; Ortiz Rios, Rodomiro OctavioAbstract
Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS) has been advocated as an efficient approach to predict and harness variation in adaptive traits in genebanks or wild populations of plants. However, a weakness of the current FIGS approach is that it only utilizes a priori knowledge of one evolutionary factor: natural selection. Further optimization is needed to capture elusive traits, and this review shows that nonadaptive evolutionary processes (gene flow and genetic drift) should be incorporated to increase precision. Focusing on plant resistance to insect herbivores, we also note that historic selection pressures can be difficult to disentangle, and provide suggestions for successful mining based on eco-evolutionary theory. We conclude that with such refinement FIGS has high potential for enhancing breeding efforts and hence sustainable plant production.Published in
Current Opinion in Insect Science2021, volume: 45, pages: 1-6
Authors' information
Stenberg, Johan A. (Stenberg, Johan A)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Breeding
Associated SLU-program
SLU Network Plant Protection
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Genetics and Breeding
Horticulture
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.11.001
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/109065