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An increasing number of crop genomic resources, with novel technical achievements in genome analytics have led to dramatic changes in the landscape of agricultural research. This has improved our capacity to meet global challenges around food production and must be understood to better serve the needs of the human population. In this chapter, we provide a comprehensive review of historical changes in technologies which allow for improved plant genotyping, molecular marker discovery, and decoding of the plant genome. Further, we explore resources and databases available for multi-omics analysis and finally conclude with a discussion of translational genomics considerations. Ultimately, this chapter will serve as a tool for bioinformaticians and researchers to explore the deeply significant field of crop genomics.
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Narayan, A., Chitkara, P., Kumar, S. (2022). Updates on Genomic Resources for Crop Improvement. In: Wani, S.H., Kumar, A. (eds) Genomics of Cereal Crops. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2533-0_2
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