Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils

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Raza, S., Pandey, B. K., Hawkesford, M. J., Griffiths, S., Bennett, M. J. and Mooney, S. J. 2025. Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils. Nature Plants. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01977-z

AuthorsRaza, S., Pandey, B. K., Hawkesford, M. J., Griffiths, S., Bennett, M. J. and Mooney, S. J.
Abstract

Comment Section
Modern crop breeding and seed certification agencies ignore the known spatial heterogeneity of soils and develop cultivars to thrive in a ‘one-size-fits-all’ soil environment. Neglecting the evolving dynamics of soils substantially undermines the capacity of new genotypes to deliver optimal yield and stress resilience, and requires urgent consideration in future plant breeding programmes.

Year of Publication2025
JournalNature Plants
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01977-z
Open accessPublished as bronze (free) open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ERC
Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI)
Funder project or codeDelivering Sustainable Wheat (WP1): Targeted Sustainability-Trait Discovery
BB/X018806/1
Delivering Sustainable Wheat
BB/W008874/1
Publisher's version
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online02 Apr 2025
PublisherNature Publishing Group
ISSN2055-026X

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