Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 27(1): 89-140, 2017 (June)

Review Paper

Tissue Culture Mediated Allelic Diversification and Genomic Enrichment of Wheat to Combat Production Constraints and Address Food Security

A. Mujeeb-Kazi*, Niaz Ali¹, Amir Ibrahim, Abdul Aziz Napar², M. Jamil³, Sajjad Hussain⁴, Zahid Mahmood⁴, Roman Delgado⁵, Victor Rosas⁵, Alejandro Cortes⁵ and S. Rajaram⁶

Texas A&M University, Texas, USA

Key words: Wide hybridization, Pre-breeding strategies, Genomic based allelic enrichment, Food security, Genetic stocks, Wheat improvement

Abastract

In view of the emerging population trends and that wheat crop is the major unequivocally recognized conduit towards addressing the food security challenges of 2050 this discourse embraces various research options that are viewed as possible solutions toward delivering those targets for providing nutritious food and meeting the aspirations that policy setters have debated on the subject for decades. The underlying strength for achieving these targets will require concerted efforts from plant researchers that are well integrated within effectively harnessing and utilizing prevalent genetic diversity of the wide array of alleles in a holistic pro-active manner. We argue that the purists of basic and strategic research dimensions need to be thoughtfully defined, so that the vital target of delivering the

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