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This is from Kedar N. Rai, again. 

We need to address more main question 1 (i.e. "What have been the impacts (positive and/or negative) so far of genomics and the other 'omics' for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries?"). And just a few selective examples may not be so convincing. I am aware of some success stories of marker-assisted selection (MAS), but the question that those successes could have also been achieved by conventional breeding at much lower cost has not been answered (of course, the conventional approach would have taken a bit longer). Further, if a lab had achieved a particular success by genomic method, whether that lab repeatedly achieved further successes or was it a one-time shot has not been adequately addressed. These are important questions to be addressed from the viewpoint of (i) demonstrating the genomic tool power, and (ii) convince the conventional plant breeders about this power and then bring them on board to use it in their program. In doing this, the cost consideration must not be left unaddressed. I am more interested in genomic tools power in allele mining, and would like to see the outputs. Also, application of genomic sequencing in crops done quite some time ago. I have been very excited to learn about an outstanding report on yield gene in wild rice published from Cornell University. It was done more than 15 years ago. Any application of this gene and on-farm impact, considering that MAS shortens breeding time.       

Kedar N. Rai
Principal Scientist and 
Director, HarvestPlus-India Biofortification 
Dryland Cereals Research Program 
ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324
India
Tel (O)  +91-40-3071 3323
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E-mail : k.rai (at) cgiar.org 
Website : www.icrisat.org 
 
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