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Editorial
. 2024 Jan 4:14:1349215.
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1349215. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Orphan crops: breeding and biotechnology for sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition

Zerihun Tadele  1 , Jill M Farrant  2 , Simon E Bull  3   4 , Rita H Mumm  5   6
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Editorial: Orphan crops: breeding and biotechnology for sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition

Zerihun Tadele et al. Front Plant Sci. .
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Keywords: biotechnology; crop breeding; food security; nutrition; orphan crops; underutilized crops.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The trend in the grain yield of an orphan crop, millet, and a major crop, wheat, from 1961 to 2021 in Africa and Asia. Millet refers to a group of 15 crops that are extensively cultivated for food and feed in Asia and Africa. Adapted from (FAOSTAT, 2023).
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