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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:50:58 +0100
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I am Sathish Kumar Ponniah, plant molecular breeder working as extension specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, United States. I thank the moderator for the useful discussion. 
 
I have been following the discussion for the past few weeks. I would like to thank the discussions by Beatrix Tappeser (Message 24) and Wayne Parrott (Message 35) for highlighting 'omics' tools that are used as plant breeding techniques in the current scenario. As we are progressing to improve plant breeding techniques, 'omics' tools form a very good addition to the conventional techniques. In the next-generation sequencing era, markers could solve many problems associated with single or monogenic traits (insect/pathogen damage to crops). 
 
We need to keep on improving tools to answer the criticism raised by KN Rai (38) to solve complex traits like yield, drought tolerance, water use efficiency and nutritional traits with large genotype x environment (G x E) interaction. The cost of incorporating transformation (GMO) techniques to difficult traits could be tackled by 'omics' tools in the near future. 
 
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers invested their money to develop various tools like iMAS (Integrated Marker-Assisted Selection System), MBP (Molecular Breeding Platform)...Similar investments in developing tools to convert these available 'omics' tools to breeder informed resources could be appreciated. 
 
Sathish Kumar Ponniah
Department of Agriculture
1200 N University Dr
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, AR-71601
United States
e-mail: ponniahs (at) uapb.edu

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