Crop Improvement: Now and Beyond

Affiliations

¹ INRAE, UMR 1095 INRAE-Université Clermont-Auvergne, Genetics, Diversity & Ecophysiology of Cereals, 5, Chemin de Beaulieu, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
² Florimond-Desprez-Recherche & Innovation, 3 rue Florimond Desprez, P.O. Box 41, 59242 Cappelle-en-Pévèle, France.

Editorial

Pierre Sourdille et al. Biology (Basel). 2021.

. 2021 May 10;10(5):421.

doi: 10.3390/biology10050421.

¹ INRAE, UMR 1095 INRAE-Université Clermont-Auvergne, Genetics, Diversity & Ecophysiology of Cereals, 5, Chemin de Beaulieu, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
² Florimond-Desprez-Recherche & Innovation, 3 rue Florimond Desprez, P.O. Box 41, 59242 Cappelle-en-Pévèle, France.

Abstract

There is an urgent need to increase and improve the production of most agronomic species to meet the current food security challenge [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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