A Comparison between Hydroponics and Pots Systems for Growing Wheat on the Speed Breeding Platform

Abstract

Keeping in mind that environmental alterati ons have affected our agro-based industries very harshly and disturbed the production line of cereal crops, meeting this challenge plant breeders are trying new research techniques. The primary concern of plant breeders is to develop the multi resistant and high production cuitivars to feed the growing population that will reach up to 10 billion by 2050. The stream of modern cultivars with remarkable yield are needed to be developed by plant breeders with time and resource efficient manners by using the modern techniques of breeding. One of the crucial bottlenecks in the progress of plant breeding is the duration of life cycle of plants. In this context, plant breeders are exploring more efficient crop improvement strategies. To accelerate the crop research, plant breeding stream line adopted the powerful toolkit "Speed Breeding" to shorten the breeding cycle by extending the photoperiod and light intensity during plant growth. SB toolkit is successfully deployed to attain 6 generations of durum wheat (Triticum. durum) , spring wheat (T. aestivum) , barley (Hordeum vulgare), pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum), and 4 generations for canola (Brassica napus). This study was aimed at developing an efficient growth medium for wheat (Triticum aestivum) to hasten the accelerated cycle and get more than six generation in a year with resilient phenotypic traits by using different easier and cost-effective methodologies and treatments.