Impact of Nanopriming and Omics-Based Applications for Sustainable Agriculture

Abstract

The concept of omics technologies in the agriculture sector is gaining importance nowadays due to its diverse applications like genomics which is based on genome sequences, transcriptomic which is based on gene expression and profiling, proteomics which is based on protein content, and metabolomics which involves the study of the metabolism of an organism. A revolutionary transformation in the last decade in the domain of omics has made analytical and scientific procedures cost-effective, easier, and faster and has increased accuracy. With the introduction of technologies involving omics in the field of agriculture, it has now become easier to identify and recognize the presence of different genes and genomic sequences liable for various agronomic traits like genes responsible for increasing yield, and genes for inducing resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. Utilization of such technologies has resulted in obtaining accurate gene interpretation and identifying gene markers, thus acting as a guiding hand in the development of new crop varieties with some desirable traits.