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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 14, Issue:4, April, 2025

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2025.14(4): 5-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2025.1404.002


Enhancing Crop Breeding Efficiency Through Speed Breeding Techniques
Garkar Ghrashneshwar Umrao1*, Gaikwad Amol Ankushand Barhate Ashutosh Prakash3
1Sam Higginbottom university of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Prayagraj, Utter Pradesh
2Sher-e-Kashmir University of agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu
3Lovely Professional University, Punjab
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

This article discusses the importance of modern technology in agriculture due to the rapidly growing human population and the need to meet the increasing demand for food. The article focuses on a new technology called Speed Breeding, which aims to accelerate crop improvement by shortening the agricultural breeding cycle through rapid generation advancement. Speed breeding involves the manipulation of environmental conditions under which crop genotypes are grown to accelerate flowering and seed set, enabling breeders to produce multiple generations of plants in a single year. By manipulating the plant's environment and growth conditions, breeders can accelerate the breeding process and produce new varieties of plants much faster. The benefits of speed breeding are numerous, including increased efficiency, faster response to changing market demands, and the development of plants with desirable trait.


Keywords: Speed breeding,in-breeding, shuttle breeding, traditional breeding, double haploid technology


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Garkar Ghrashneshwar Umrao, Gaikwad Amol Ankush and Barhate Ashutosh Prakash. 2025. Enhancing Crop Breeding Efficiency Through Speed Breeding Techniques.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 14(4): 5-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2025.1404.002
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