Speed Breeding: A Fashionable Breeding Approach

The global population is said to reach 9 billion by 2050 and will strain the resources. Rapid climate change and emergence of new pests and diseases threatens agricultural production. Thus, producing higher amount of quality food for the ever-increasing population is the major concern today. Moreover, the amount of genetic gain has to be raised further than the levels presently achieved by the conventional breeding programs Lin et al., (2016). New and innovative methods are the prime requirement now. Speed breeding is such a tool or technique for rapid generation advance that significantly reduces the harvest time of crops in order to speed up the agricultural research and increase the production of food to meet the demand of growing population Sankar et al., (2020).