Potentials of Proteomics in Plant Improvement

E.E. Okoli^1*, M.J. Nworji¹, and C. M. Okoronkwo²

Abstract

The large-scale study of proteins is referred to as proteomics and is often regarded as an emerging technology when compared to genomics or transcriptomics, that is, as not having reached the same level of maturity. While the successful implementation of proteomics workflows and technology still requires significant levels of expertise and specialization, great strides have been made to make the technology more powerful, streamlined and accessible. Many outstanding improvements in the large scale study of proteins and many other but related improvements in plant biotechnology techniques offer various new ways to encourage the usage by plant breeders for crop improvement. A combinatorial approach of accelerated gene discovery through genomics, proteomics, and other important branches of biotechnology, as an applied approach, is proving to be an effective way to speed up the crop improvement programs of the world.  This review present and discuss the potentials of protomics as an effective biotechnological tool for crop improvement programs, especially how it helps in the investigation of both biotic and abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms in plants and this to a very large extent will lead to sustainable agriculture.

Keywords

proteomics; breeding; plant biotechnology; plant improvement; biotechnological tool; stress tolerance mechanism

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Okoli, E.E., Nworji, M.J. and Okoronkwo, C.M. (2021). Potentials of Proteomics in Plant Improvement. International Journal of Scientific Advances (IJSCIA), Volume 2| Issue 1: Jan-Feb 2021, Pages 80-84, URL: https://www.ijscia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Volume2-Issue1-Jan-Feb-No.47-80-84.pdf

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Volume 2 | Issue 1: Jan-Feb 2021