Geodesy

Gene

Marker-assisted selection

Genetic marker

Biotechnology

Biology

Pace

Selection (genetic algorithm)

Computer science

Environmental health

Single-nucleotide polymorphism

Genetics

Crop

Geography

Genotyping

Genotype

Agronomy

Breed

Population

Artificial intelligence

Medicine

Genomic selection

Domestication

Nature Biotechnology

Crop improvements can help us to meet the challenge of feeding a population of 10 billion, but can we breed better varieties fast enough? Technologies such as genotyping, marker-assisted selection, high-throughput phenotyping, genome editing, genomic selection and de novo domestication could be galvanized by using speed breeding to enable plant breeders to keep pace with a changing environment and ever-increasing human population.

Breeding crops to feed 10 billion