Climate change a challenge for plant breeders and for crop production

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Climate change a challenge for plant breeders and
for crop production

• Ervin Balázs
• Agricultural Research Institute
• H-2462 Martonvásár, Brunszvik u 2 Hungary
• balazs_at_mail.mgki.hu

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• The challenge is here, because we have to double
  our food production on less capita per land, with
  less water and under non-adequate environmental
  conditions. Vasil 1998

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A new paradigm is needed

• Conventional breeding with new goals
• The importance of biotic and abiotic stress
  tolerance
• Exploring the adventages of using the
  omics,(genomics, proteomics, metabolomics,
  nutrigenomics etc)
• Use the richness of the biodiversity
• Combine molecular techniques with conventional
  breeding
• Set goals specific for countries /regions

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One example for collaboration