Paper Details

Name: S. B. Verma
Email: sbvermaupc@gmail.com
Country: India

Year: 2024
Volume: Volume-11, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 69-79

ABSTRACT
Sustainable crop improvement is essential to meet the rising
global demand for food, feed, and fiber amidst environmental
challenges and resource limitations. The integration of genomic
selection (GS) with advanced biotechnological tools offers a
promising pathway toward accelerated and precise crop
breeding. This review presents a comprehensive account of
how genomic selection—based on whole-genome prediction
models—and biotechnology, including molecular markers,
genetic engineering, and genome editing, are being combined
to enhance crop performance, stress tolerance, and nutritional
quality. We explore how GS enables early prediction of
complex traits, thereby shortening breeding cycles, while
biotechnological interventions such as CRISPR-Cas and
transgenic technologies allow targeted trait improvements. The
synergy of these tools is particularly transformative in
developing climate-resilient, pest-resistant, and nutrientenriched crop varieties. The review also discusses integrative
approaches that combine high-throughput phenotyping,
bioinformatics, and multi-omics technologies to optimize
selection accuracy. Limitations such as regulatory hurdles, data
management challenges, and adoption gaps in low-income
regions are addressed. Finally, the paper outlines future
prospects involving AI-powered genomic prediction, pangenomic models, and sustainable bio-innovation platforms. The
integration of GS and biotechnology holds the key to achieving
resilient and inclusive agricultural systems for the 21st century.
Keywords: Genomic selection, Biotechnology, Crop breeding,
Genome editing, Sustainability, Multi-omics, CRISPR