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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.

Publicerad i

Current Opinion in Insect Science
2021, Volym: 45, sidor: 1-6

SLU författare

• Stenberg, Johan A.

  • Institutionen för växtskyddsbiologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Ortiz Rios, Rodomiro Octavio

  • Institutionen för växtförädling, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Nätverk växtskydd


UKÄ forskningsämne

Jordbruksvetenskap
Genetik och förädling
Trädgårdsvetenskap/hortikultur


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.11.001

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/109065